FRIGHT NIGHT

CHARLES KISSINGER - "THE FEARMONGER"

"Fright Night" was a hosted horror movie show with Charles Kissinger as "The Fearmonger" presenting movies on Fright nights and Saturday nights as a double-feature, starting at 7:00pm on WDRB-TV Channel 41 Louisville, Kentucky from 6 March 1971 until 6 September 1976. From the William Girdler web site: < "Fright Night was unique--there would be no set. Instead, a dimly up-lit, slightly solarized face would slowly materialize out of the darkness to introduce the movies and then fade mysteriously away again into the night. And the man to personify the newly-christened Fearmonger would be local actor and long-time TV and radio commercial performer Charles Kissinger" < From IMDB: < Charles Kissinger was born on July 10, 1924. Charles served in the US Army during World War II. Following his tour of duty, Kissinger established himself as a local theatre institution in Louisville, Kentucky thanks to his performances in both Shakespeare in the Park productions and his work with Louisville's prestigious Actors Theatre. Moreover, Charles was also a prolific writer, TV commercial actor, and voice-over artist for various radio spots. However, Kissinger achieved his greatest and most enduring popularity in the Louisville, Kentucky area with his beloved stint as creepy host The Fearmonger for the horror double feature television program Fright Night, which was broadcast on Louisville's WDRB-41 network on Saturday evenings from 1971 to 1975. In addition, Charles also acted in a handful of movies directed by independent filmmaker William Girdler that included lead roles in the low-budget horror items Asylum of Satan (1972) and Three on a Meathook (1972). Kissinger continued to work on a regular basis in both theatre and advertising throughout the 1980's. Charles died at age 66 from heart failure at the St. Anthony Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky on January 23, 1991. The following is a recontruction for the opening of the show by "Outer Galaxy Lounge": "Fright Night" - a recontruction by "Outer Galaxy Lounge" from The Professor's Scary Clips on Vimeo.

LINKS

Facebook "The Fearmonger"	Find A Grave "Charles Kissinger"	Internet Movie Data Base "Charles Kissinger"
William Girdler "Fright Night"	Internet Movie Data Base "Fright Night"	E-gors Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "The Fearmonger"
The Unimonsters Crypt "Fright Night"	The Classic Horror Film Board "Fright Night and The Fearmonger"	Louisville Television "The Fearmonger"
	YouTube - Outer Galaxy Lounge "Fright Night"

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