SHOCK THEATRE
SUPER SHOCK

TOM DOUGALL - "MR. X"

"Shock Theatre" was a hosted horror movie show with Tom "Doc" Dougall as "Mr. X" presenting movies on WXYZ Channel 7, Detroit, Michigan, on Fridays at 11:30pm from from 7 February 1958 to 9 December 1960, with the first movie screened being the 1931 "Dracula". "Shock Theatre" was followed at 12:45am by "Super Shock". Dougall was a classically trained actor who taught English at the Detroit Institute of Technology. Dougall was grimly serious and set a solemn tone for what was to follow. Portrait of "Mr. X" by Dave Dunlap. There are no known clips from the show.

LINKS

Internet Movie Data Base "Shock Theatre"	Facebook: Dunlap Art "Horror Host Artwork"	Classic Horror Film Board "Mr. X"
Fornology "Mr. X"		Internet Movie Data Base "Tom Dougall"

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