Virginia Creepers: The Horror Host Tradition of the Old Dominion (The Official Site of the Documentary)

Virginia Creepers Horror Host Documentary

Welcome to the official Virginia Creepers Horror Host Documentary Website.

Back on on one cold winter Saturday night in 1959, "Witch Hazel" began stirring up a brew of live double feature films on Channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia, thus beginning a tradition of late night horror hosting in the Commonwealth. Since then, on the airwaves and internet, Virginia's horror hosts have been breaking ground and making things that go bump in the night a little more manageable. This documentary will go back to the days when local television was king and into the future with the new breed of "Virginia Creepers." We are digging up old clips, uncovering information about lost shows and bringing together cast members for interviews. At the same time, we will be working side-by-side with many of Virginia's current hosts. And most importantly, we are looking for the FANS . . . this is about your experience as much as anything else!

Virginia Creepers Movie Horror Host Documentary

Virginia Creepers Materializes at Monster Fest 5 in Chesapeake on October 4, 2008!

Sean Kotz, director/producer of Virginia Creepers will be on hand at Monster Fest 5 to film, conduct interviews, answer questions, build the network, live the dream and shock the monkey (whatever that means . . .).

Anyway, this will be an event! Dr. Madblood will be there! Penny Dreadful will be there! Author Beth Massie will be there! And there will be an all night movie marathon! Horror! Chills! Public Restrooms!

We will be filming interviews here and may even have teaser reel for folks. And Kotz will host the "Frankenpanel," a look at Frankenstein in film and a Q & A on Virginia Creepers.

And, through our CreatureScape sponsor . . . you can win this model Wolf Man and much more!

What To Do?

NEW RELEASE DATE: 2009

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Check out the latest news!

Pre-order the DVD at a special rate and be registered for all our up coming give aways!

Learn more about Virginia's horror hosts as well as hosts from across the nation.

Sponsor the film and get a trailer on the disc and at the premiere!

Contribute to the site on our new page: The Word!

Contact us! Link to us!

Our story has expanded!

For various reasons, we have decided to take more time with this production. There were exciting developments this summer and we feel we need to tell the whole story--which may require traveling to Tennessee, North Carolina and even California. Additionally, there are some events we want to cover and we are investigating the possibility of preview showings of the film before release. Unfortunately, that means delaying the release, but we would rather have this done right.

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