SCREAM-IN
PAUL KAWECKIAS - "TARANTULA"
? - "COAGULUS"
? - "COUNT VON THIRSTENBURG"
? - "HUGO"
| "Scream-In" was a hosted horror movie show with "Coagulus", then "Count Von Thirstenburg" and finally Paul Kaweckias as "Tarantula" assisted by "Hugo" presenting movies on WPGH-TV, Channel 53 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania between 1969-1971. It is not known who played "Coagulus", "Count Von Thirstenburg" or "Hugo". The show aired on Saturday nights.
"Coagulus" was a vampire type of character. It is said that he only lasted four weeks before being replaced by "Count Von Thirstenburg". The red haried "Count" was also a vampire type of character, and was played by Harry ?,who also was the host of Channel 53's "Open House".
From E-gors Chamber of TV Horror Hosts: "The Count was replaced by another host, called Tarantula. I remember the changeover quite vividly, since the ineffectual old count was staked in his coffin by Tarantula, complete with stage-blood and screams. Pretty gruesome for a Saturday afternoon kiddie show! Tarantula was portrayed as a kind of dark occult swinger, with amulets and sideburns and a whispery guru-kind of delivery. Very cynical compared with his predecessor's glib one-liner, lame pun approach. They even had little serial adventures between commercials, usually featuring Tarantula trying to get ahold of some new occult trinket. He was very much the Anti-Hero kind of character, as opposed to the usual amiable eccentric style host."
In 2023, Paul Kaweckias as "Tarantula", was a nominee in the "The Official Horror Host Hall of Fame".
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LINKS
 Internet Movie Data Base "Scream-In" |
Internet Movie Data Base "Paul Kawecki" |
 E-gors Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "Coagulus" |
E-gors Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "Count Von Thirstenburg" |
E-gors Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "Tarantula" |
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