NITEWATCH

"Nitewatch" was a non hosted horror movie show screening movies on Saturday nights at 11:15pm on WSAZ-TV Channel 3 Huntington, West Virginia between in 1959. The show began mutating into something more sinister than the suspense, thriller and war pictures that generally aired in that time slot. Newspaper ads warned "faint hearts" NOT to watch "The Neanderthal Man". The next week's ad warned, "If you thought 'The Neanderthal Man' was gruesome, wait 'til you see 'The Creeping Unknown'!" The next two months brought films like "The Beast with 5 Fingers," "UFO" and "Sabaka" (featuring Boris Karloff), with the steady stream of horror movies culminating in the Fourth of July presentation of "Frankenstein," the flagship of the "Shock!" package. Later that year, "Shockwatch" hosted by "Gaylord" would be shown in this time slot. There are no known clips from the show.

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