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Midnight Monster Hop

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Midnight Monster Hop
Country of originUnited States
Production
Production companyCastle Blood Entertainment
Original release
NetworkHSTV
ReleaseOctober 7, 2006 (2006-10-07)

Midnight Monster Hop is a horror host television show that first aired in 2006 on HSTV in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

In February 2008, the show began airing on WPXI/RTN Pittsburgh, and as of May 23, 2009 became available nationwide on select Retro Television Network affiliates, showing cult and B horror films with introductions, jokes, and skits inserted between movie segments. The Show was pulled off Retro Television by Ricky, after a contract dispute, so it lost its national reach, though many local RTV affiliates still run MMH instead of other shows that RTV picked up. A good example was WXYZ-TV's RTV subchannel, which aired it due to WMYD-TV being the originating station of Wolfman Mac's Chiller Drive-In, which RTV picked up for national broadcast.

Midnight Monster Hop may still be seen on many independent stations around the country.

Cast

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Featured cast members include:

  • Gravely MacCabre (Ricky Dick) - Show Host
  • Grizelda MacCabre (Karen Schnaubelt Turner Dick) - Co-Host
  • Skully MacCabre (Caitlin Dick) - Daughter
  • Whiplash (Sarah Black) Malevolent Vampire
  • Deliria (Heather Curtis) House Zombie
  • Prof Scrye (Chris Handa) Occult Cultural Anthropologist
  • Uncle Vlad (Marty Gear) Joke Telling Vampire
  • Vapor (Ame Matay) Dead Bride
  • Madam Spooky (Dusti Lewars) Musicologist Vampire
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Some of the horror movies featured in Midnight Monster Hop include:

Awards

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Midnight Monster Hop was nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards (aka a "Rondo Award") in 2008,[1] 2009[citation needed], and 2010[citation needed].

Production

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Midnight monster hop was filmed on location at the old location of Castle Blood in Beallsville, PA. All post-2011 content is now filmed at the new Castle Blood in Monessen, PA. Midnight Monster Hop is a combination of traditional horror hosting and a celebration of all things Halloween. The show features the music of King Dapper Combo and ends each episode with the tag line, "It's Midnight Somewhere!"

In the media

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References

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  1. ^ "Here were the winners of the Seventh Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards". The Rondo Awards. 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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