Horror host John Zacherle dead at 98
Click here for reuse options!John Zacherle, a wildly popular host of horror movies on local TV stations in New York and Philadelphia during the 1950s and ’60s, has died. He was 98.
Zacherle, who also worked as a DJ on classic rock stations and recorded songs like the Top 10 novelty hit “Dinner With Drac,” died Thursday, just a few days before Halloween, in his Upper West Side apartment in New York City, his friend Jeff Samuels told The Hollywood Reporter.
Nicknamed “The Cool Ghoul” by fellow Philadelphian Dick Clark, Zacherle — long before the days of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark — had fun introducing and interacting with horror films on television. He sported the ashen face of a cadaver, a jeweled ascot and an undertaker’s long black coat when he was on the air.
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Long Tom October 28th, 2016 at 16:21
Thanks for all the fond memories that both you and your many imitators inspired.
RIP, Zacherle.
Kick Frenzy October 28th, 2016 at 18:48
RIP Zacherle, you showed generations how to be cool ghouls.