SCREAM THEATRE MEMORIES
The following is a re-creation from my memory of the SCREAM THEATRE experience..
The camera starts zooming on what looks like a "castle" sort of a building, the walls are a blueish color. The camera zooms in on a small door which is oval at the top and says "WXYZ-TV" on it. There is a "tree" with no leaves on it scratching against this door making an eerie scratching noise. During this time, you begin to hear the announcer's voice (who sounds very professional-like) say "Welcome to channel seven's lagubrious massoleum of horror. This is the place where we store our forbidden collection of films, calculated to scare you to death... tonights feature.. (etc)" - this voice was later replaced by an announcer (may have been the same guy) doing a cheezy "transylvanian" accent. ANYWAY.... The camera moves through the door and toward the back wall. The camera moves from left to right along a bookshelf on the back wall which contain "film canisters" with titles on them. The titles I can remember are PEG IN MY HEART and MY HEART BELONGS TO BORIS, and some other ones. The camera then pans across a table which has a film projector, a bunch of strewn unwound film a skull, and a few tarantula spiders crawling around for good measure. The camera then pans to a castle window which has a candle on it. The window flies open and the candle blows out, and the words "SCREAM THEATRE" appear in white, and you hear about 4 screams. With each scream, the "Scream theatre" logo "throbs". With the last scream, the logo turns red and blood drips from it....
Now, in between commercial breaks they would always show a screen with the title of the film in "Old world" lettering, or a sign on the wall that says "DARK ROOM - KEEP DOOR CLOSED: IF IT IS LEFT OPEN, ALL OF THE DARK LEAKS OUT!", and there were a few other things as well that I can't remember. When they would show these still images, you would hear wind howling in the background.
AFTER THE MOVIE, the camera would return to the "Scream Theatre" set where the announcer would tell an incredibly LAME JOKE, or a really short stupid story, and would announce next weeks movie. The camera would then pan back out, back out through the little door you came in, the door would close, and the tree would scratch the wall and door... and then it was time to go to BED!
PLEASE NOTE: This is all from memory. If you have any additional memories, please Email them. Even better if you have an old Scream Theatre episode on tape, I'd much appreciate a copy. THANKS!!!
