SHOCK

? - "DR. MERIDIAN"

The above poster is AI generated, based on the image from the below advertisement. "Shock" was a hosted horror show with "Dr. Meridian" presenting movies on Friday nights at 9:45pm on WPTA-TV Channel 21 Fort Wayne, Indiana in the late 1950's. The name of the host is not currently known. According to Elena Watson in her book T.V. Horror Movie Hosts (McFarland and Co., 1991) Meridian ". . .liked to work in his laboratory conducting experiments (including) . . . brain transplantation and the preservation of a human head." Book Reference: Elena Watson's Television Horror Movie Hosts reference: mentioned in Chapter 3, "Invasion of the Ghost Hosts," pages. 25, 27. Magazine reference: Mentioned in feature "The Horror of Them All!" in issue #13 (December 1988) of Filmfax, pages: 28-32. Below is a trailer for "The Mummy's Tomb" which is likely screened on "Shock".

LINKS

Internet Movie Data Base "Shock"

Classic Horror Film Board "Dr. Meridian"

E-gor's Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "Dr. Meridian"

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