Comments on: Let There Be Fright! Remembering Dr. Shock

By: A (R)ite of Passage With Your First R-Rated Movie | MovieFanFare

A (R)ite of Passage With Your First R-Rated Movie | MovieFanFare — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:01:23 +0000

[...] far more ghastly than you were used to seeing on Saturday afternoons when the Lugosi classic aired on Dr. Shock; and, finally, you had quite a violent twist at the climax that did a decent job of shocking me as [...]

By: Zontar

Zontar — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:14:38 +0000

Thanks for reply, earthman Allen. I will consider sparing your life when I destroy civilization with my calcinator death ray.

By: C. J.

C. J. — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:03:48 +0000

As a child of the 70's, my Saturday afternoons consisted of plastering myself in front of the TV watching Dr. Shock. Thanks to him my somewhat guilty pleasure of becoming a horror/B-movie collector exist today. I love nostalgia and Dr. Shock is in my top 10 of things from my childhood. Sometime ago a Googled him, looking for any video available and found a "Tribute To Dr. Shock" DVD (Produced in "79 after his death)and a music CD, "Monster Mash With Dr. Shock". The "Tribute" DVD is a collection a clips honoring "The Doc" throughout his life and TV career. The CD is cool. He sings his version of "Monster Mash" and other novel songs. Here are the links if your interested.

By: George D. Allen

George D. Allen — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:21:49 +0000

Sorry to have left out the how-to info, Zontar! The book's published by Michael Enoches. If you Google the title and author, you'll find some ordering options easily enough!

By: Zontar

Zontar — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:21:45 +0000

Sounds like the book might be an interesting read...so why the heck didn't Allen mention the publisher or how to order it?

By: duvyp

duvyp — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:00:24 +0000

I remember Roland from his beginning.
At one point he introduced his wife(MY DEAR)who was composed of some gelatinous material in a coffin.
He regularly mistreated "her" in her coffin but the violence was covered up by the TV cameras so that viewers were exposed only to her screeching. A very funny bit,frequently repeated....lots of fun at the time.

By: Andy Smythe

Andy Smythe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:47:24 +0000

Born in 1959, and living in the Philly area until I joined the Navy in 1977, I certainly remember "Dr. Shock". He was a hoot - very tongue-in-cheek, almost foreshadowing of Mystery Science Theatre decades later. Thanks for the trip down nostalgia lane.