SHOCK THEATRE

HYMAN ULLNER - "THE BARGAIN CITY KID"
WILLIE THALL
TODD HUNTER - "ANNOUNCER"

The above poster is AI generated, and based on the below photograph of the hosts. "Shock Theatre" was a hosted horror movie show with Hyman Ullner as "The Bargain City Kid" and Willie Thall presenting movies on Friday nights at 11:30pm on WCPO-TV, Channel 9 Cincinnati, Ohio in the early 1960's. "The Bargain City Kid" wore cap guns and a cowboy hat. The show was sponsored by Rink's Bargain City. The opening of "Shock Theatre" was stock footage of a full moon with wisps of clouds as Todd Hunter announced the following: "It is the hour of terror. It is the hour of doom. It is time for Shock. When werewolves walk the streets, and monsters roam the countryside. And tonight our story..." Hyman Ullner was born in 1921 and passed away in 2007. Willie Thall (pictured above) passed away in 2005. Portrait of "The Bargain City Kid" by Dave Dunlap. Below is a trailer for "The Mad Doctor of Market Street" that was shown on "Shock Theatre".

LINKS

Internet Movie Data Base "Shock Theatre"	Internet Movie Data Base "Hy Ullner"	Classic Horror Film Board "The Bargain City Kid"
Internet Movie Data Base "Willie Thall"	Internet Movie Data Base "Todd Hunter"	E-gor's Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "The Bargain City Kid and Willie Thall"
	Facebook: Dunlap Art "Horror Host Artwork"

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