Horror Host Graveyard

In an episode of the 1970s Los Angeles, California based Fright Night , Grimsley teased his audience with a promise of a 3D movie. Watch the begining of that episode here:

The book Creatures of the Night That We Loved So Well is an in depth examination of the horror hosts that aired in the Southern California area. The author, James M. Fetters, has created the definitive volume on those hosts. The book includes interviews with some of the hosts, the people involved in the show, and people who grew up watching the shows. Their behind the scenes information provides insight into what went into producing a show in the various eras covered. All of that is put into perspective by the author's background information on the period they were shown in and how the ways viewers went about watching the programs. Highlights of what makes this is an indispensable book to host fans are the large amount of rare photos and ads for the shows, as well as the complete as possible movie and date listings from each show, and the script excerpts. Many of the hosts' shows shooting scripts are reprinted in full, giving us a taste of what these lost shows were like and a...

Fright Night was a show on KHJ-TV, Channel 9, in Los Angeles, California which ran from 1975 to 1978. It was hosted by Grimsley, who closed every show with the line "It's been nice... decomposing with you." Watch some clips from his show below: