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Shock Theater

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A collection of old horror and mystery movies from Universal Studios was bundled together for television. The package includes famous monster films like Dracula and Frankenstein.

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What happens

Shock Theater (marketed as Shock!) is a package of 52 pre-1948 classic horror films from Universal Studios released for television syndication in October 1957 by Screen Gems, the television subsidiary of Columbia Pictures. The Shock Theater package included Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man and The Wolf Man as well as a few non-horror spy and mystery films. A second package, Son of Shock, was released for television by Screen Gems in 1958, with 20 horror films from both Universal and Columbia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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