HORROR KUNG-FU THEATRE

DAVID MIRANDA - "THE NIGHTSHADOW"
WILLIE TARTS - "MAD MIKE"
GIGI BANNISTER - "VAMPY THE VEGETARIAN VAMPIRE"
ROBERT MILES - "COUNT SMOKULA"
DENNIS MILLER - "DENNIS THE MENANCE: THE COLORFUL GUY"
KRISTA KARA - "EL VIRUS"
ROBERT REYNOSO - "GRIMSBY GRIMSOYNG"
? - "MADAME PRINCESS GYPSY ROSE ZARIMBA"
DAVID NEIL GIBSON - "NEAL, MASTER OF THE DARK"
BILL PERRON - "THE SWAMI FROM EL MONTE"

"Horror Kung-Fu Theatre" is a hosted horror movie show with David Miranda (a former pro-wrestler) as "The Nightshadow", and Willie Tarts as "Mad Mike"; with a few recurring characters - Robert Miles as "Count Smokula" (who also had his own show "The Count Smokula Show"; and GIGI BANNISTER Gigi Bannister as "Vampy The Vegetarian Vampire". David Miranda (who was born on 14 April 1962) passed away on 10 September 2020. From late 2021, Tom Zarecki as "Count Cat" and Briana Roman as "Catpira" became the new hosts for the show. They had hosted "Castle Cat" in 2019 and later "Castle Cat TV" from 2022. From IMDB: Keeping alive the tradition of Horror Host programming in Los Angeles 'Horror/Kung-Fu Theatre' started in 1991. The show is a mixture of: playing cheezy Horror and Martial Arts movies, Comedy Skits, Live Guests and Unusual Performers. The show boasts of having the most Bizarre characters in Cable TV history. HKFT is hosted by 'The Nightshadow, a former Pro-Wrestler who terrorized Independent Federations. The show started in East Los Angeles and aired its 'live' weekly shows, then later contaminated Santa Monica, Diamond Bar, Beverly Hills and on regular Cable TV KHIZ-TV, Dishnet and Direct TV reaching over 3.5 million viewers weekly. HKFT is the longest running Horror Cable TV show in Los Angeles. Other regular cast members who played a variety of characters, include: Alexxis Carrington Allen Sandoval Bill Perron Dennis Miller Jason Krone Jerome Francis Jonathan Lieu Martin Rascon Mike Kubo Raven The Ravishing Robert Castro Rueben Hall Sam Meneshian Vinay Sharma Some of the characters: From Sensored - 20 September 2008 David Fine on Horror Kung-Fu Theatre Horror Kung-Fu Theatre is the longest running horror show in Los Angeles. It reaches 2.5 million households. The show is hosted by The Nightshadow and is a mixture of In Living Color/Elvira's Movie Macabre/Cirque du Soleil. They have done over 700 episodes and has been suspended for fights during the show, fights before the show, fire on set, explosion on set, hundred of crickets being release in the studio and just bad comedy skits. Portrait of "Nightshadow" by Dave Dunlap.

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

What horrors lurk beneath his ninja mask? Tonight I present Nightshadow, host of Horror Kung-Fu Theatre, which airs on cable access KGEM-TV in Monrovia, CA, Dishnet, and Direct TV. The show premiered in April 1991; Nightshadow has the recognition of being Los Angeles' longest running horror host. In fact, he is currently celebrating the filming of his 1,000th episode of the show. Former NWO wrestler turned horror host, Nightshadow is a rare beast of the night known as a "Wolf-pyre", a vampire werewolf hybrid. Monarch of the Land of Shadows, Nightshadow brings you his show from Castle Shadow, an unholy bastion guarded by undead Shaolin masters and their cadre of night creatures. He patiently sits and waits as his brand of corruption taints the mediocrity of the world of the "normals". Congratulations Nightshadow on your 1,000th show... and here's to 1,000 more! In 2018, David Miranda - "The Nightshadow" for "Horror Kung-Fu Theatre", was inducted into "The Official Horror Host Hall of Fame".

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