SHOCK THEATRE

JIM PETERSMITH - "PROFESSOR GIDEON"
? - "TROY"
? - "MIKEY"

"Shock Theatre" was a hosted horror movie show with Jim Petersmith as "Professor Gideon" presenting horror movies on KGAN Channel 2, Cedar Rapids, Iowa over a 13 week period around 1979. The show was screened after the 10:00 o'clock news on Friday nights. Movies screened where schlock and included "They Saved Hitler's Brain". The show also included a hunchback named Troy and a little boy experimental subject named Mikey. The show was canceled over putting a cat into a microwave. The actors who played "Troy" and "Mikey" are not known. There are no known clips from the show.

LINKS

Internet Movie Data Base "Shock Theatre"

E-gors Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "Professor Gideon"

Internet Movie Data Base "Jim Petersmith"

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