FRIGHT NIGHT
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

ROBERT FOSTER - "GRIMSLEY"

"Fright Night" was a hosted horror movie show with Robert Foster as "Grimsley" presenting movies on Saturday nights at 11:00pm KHJ-TV, Channel 9 Los Angeles, California from 1976 until about 1979. "Grimsley" was an undertaker with a nasty wound on his forehead. "Grimsley" presented the classic horror and science fiction movies. "Halloween Special" was a hosted horror Halloween special with Robert Foster as "Grimsley" presenting this Halloween special for KTLA, Channel 5 Los Angeles, California in October 1975.

Portrait of "Grimsley" by Bradley Beard.
"Grimsley" - biography (taken from Bradley Beard's Facebook page)

He brought horror to Hollywood. Today I present Grimsley, host of Grimsley's Fright Night on KHJ-TV Channel 9 in Los Angeles, CA. Grimsley was portrayed by Robert Foster. As a pasty-faced frizzy-haired vampire mortician, he rose from his coffin in his cobweb encrusted attic at the beginning of each show. Grimsley first appeared on a 1975 KTLA-TV Halloween Special and in 1976 began his show on KHJ-TV which ran until 1979. His immediate popularity offered the fans numerous public appearances. At the El Portal Theatre, Grimsley once performed a live show where he hosted two movies, including the Hammer Studios classic Vampire Lovers. in 1977, he was named Grand Marshall for a Halloween appearance at Magic Mountain. He even produced his own line of Grimsley t-shirts, a uncommon practice among horror hosts at that time. "It's been nice... decomposing with you." In 2021, Robert Foster - "Grimsley" from "Fright Night", was inducted into "The Official Horror Host Hall of Fame". The following are some clips from the show: "Fright Night" - unedited clips from The Professor's Scary Clips on Vimeo.

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