BOB WILKINS 1932-2009 A Look At TV Horror Host BOB WILKINS, The Movies He Showed And The Unique Genre Of Northern California Television Of Bygone Days!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
June 17, 1967 Schedule
On June 17, 1967 at 11:45PM, on KCRA Channel 3, Bob Wilkins showed "The Hand" (1960). "During World War 2, a group of british soldiers are captured by the japanese, tortured and their hands cut off. Years later, a mad killer terrorizes London by cutting off the hands of his victims." Sounds more interesting than it actually is!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
June 10, 1967 Schedule
On Saturday Night at 11:30PM on KCRA Channel 3, Bob Wilkins showed a Universal semi-classic called "The Strange Door" (1951) starring Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff. "Sire de Maletroit is a evil madman who is determined to seek revenge against his brother who married his love instead. She had died during childbirth. His niece has now fell in love with a houseguest and is planning to flee the house of horror with the help of a manservant."
Sunday, June 03, 2007
June 3, 1967 Schedule
On Saturday Night, June 3, on KCRA Channel 3 at 11:35PM , Bob Wilkins showed the Vincent Price Classic, "The Last Man On Earth" (1964). "Dr. Raymond Morgan is the only survivor of a devastating plague due to a mysterious immunity. He is all alone now... or so it seems. As night falls, plague victims return to life as zombies with a thirst for blood." This classic is available on a number of DVD labels, due to it being in the public domain, like Alpha, Madacy, Diamond and St. Clair Vision but the best version was issued by MGM Home Entertainment in 2005 (as a double feature with "Panic In The Year Zero").