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SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival

SAN FRANCISCO CLASSIC HORROR FILM FESTIVAL: RETURNS OCTOBER 2009!

About Me


SHOCK IT TO ME! is a celebration of classic (and not so classic) horror films, presented at the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco. But SHOCK IT TO ME! is much more than a simple film festival... SHOCK IT TO ME is a witches’ brew of spooky movies, ghastly guests, and colorfully creepy horror hosts. Doktor Goulfinger , Ms. Monster and Mr. Lobo have all graced the SHOCK IT TO ME! stage, while our special guests of honor have included actor Russ Tamblyn (THE HAUNTING), and local legends Bob Wilkins and John Stanley from KTVU's "Creature Features" program (1971-1984).
The new SHOCK IT TO ME! trailer!
OUR RECENT "SHOCK IT TO ME!" WAS ON OCTOBER 17th & 18th, 2008! Thanks to all of you who attended the 2008 event — our biggest and most successful yet! Stay tuned to our official website SHOCK-IT-TO-ME.COM for photos of this year's show and previous events — and keep your eyes pulled out of their sockets for undead updates and other freaky features to be added!
ALL SCREENINGS ARE DOUBLE FEATURES!
Adults: $10.00 • Seniors (62 and up) & Children (12 and under): $7.00
Tickets available day of show @ Castro Theatre box office or in advance from
THIS YEAR'S FEARSOME FILM LINE-UP INCLUDES:
Screening October 17th @ 7:30 PM!
Screening October 17th @ 10:00 PM!
Screening October 18th @ 2:00 PM!
Screening October 18th @ 4:00 PM!
Screening October 18th @ 6:30 PM!
Screening October 18th @ 9:30 PM!
This year's Special Celebrity Guests; SID "Captain Spaulding" HAIG from SPIDER BABY will be interviewed on Friday night October 17th by Horror Hosts MS. MONSTER & JOHN STANLEY. KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT & LARA PARKER from DARK SHADOWS will be interviewed by JOHN STANLEY between the DARK SHADOWS double feature movies on Saturday night, October 18th! Our Gruesome Guests will be in attendance all weekend and signing autographs up on our monstrous vendor's mezzanine! More sinister surprises to be announced — stay tuned!
THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF SHOCK!
SHOCK IT TO ME!'s haunted venue, San Francisco's historic CASTRO THEATRE!
SHOCK IT TO ME!'s partner in crime is the 1407-seat Castro Theatre (429 Castro Street, San Francisco), a historic landmark built in 1922. The Castro Theatre is the perfect venue for a classic horror film event – it's an atmospheric setting with a massive screen and a genuine history of haunting. Truly one of the last of the giant single screen theaters of a bygone era - and we're glad that they love horror films! CLICK HERE for the Official CASTRO THEATRE Website!
The atmospheric auditorium of the Castro Theatre !
(The Phantom would be proud to haunt this place!)
Ms. Monster & the Hel On Ice Dancers rock the "Zombie Dance Party"
"SHOCK IT TO ME!" 2006

My Interests



We're dead-icated to our immortal horror host, Bob Wilkins! To find out how you can contribute to the Bob Wilkins Alzheimer's Fund, please click on the above image.

Classic horror movies, the unearthly, the supernatural, the undead, strange phenomena, hot rods, warm blood and cold beer.

I'd like to meet:



Vampires, Monsters, Ghouls, and Monster Kids like YOU!

OUR SPOOKY SPONSORS and FIENDISH FRIENDS!

"TRAILER PARK OF TERROR" On DVD October 21st!

SHOCK IT TO ME! is proud to support this fang-tastic East Coast event!

Support the DEAD CHANNELS festival (they support us)!

Visit Reyna and the gang at LAST DOORWAY PRODUCTIONS!

Everyone knows that HORROR-FANATICS rawks (and they like us, too)!

Music:

The Misfits, The Cramps, The Ghastly Ones, The Hellbillys, Bauhaus, The Undead, 45 Grave, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Damned, Christian Death, Reverend Horton Heat, Cocteau Twins, The Meteors, Tones On Tail, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Morrissey, Death In June, Coil, Wire, New Order, Mad Sin, OMD, Daisy Chainsaw, Echo & The Bunnymen, Deadbolt, The Polecats, X, Johnny Thunders, Cop Shoot Cop, Demented Are Go, Satan's Pilgrims, The Bomboras, Zacherle, Swingin' Neckbreakers, Los Straightjackets, The Born Losers, The Mummies, The Legendary Invisible Men, Plan 9, Rob Zombie, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jackie Moringstar, Ronnie Dawson, The Horrifics, Calabrese, The Crimson Ghosts, The Ghouls, Electric Frankenstein, The Trashwomen, The Phantom Surfers, The Gories, Murder City Devils, Necromantix, The Undead 1977, The Young Werewolves, Balzac, and more!

Movies:

Each year, SHOCK IT TO ME! presents a diabolical dozen monstrous movies. So, far we have screened THE CREEPING UNKNOWN (1955), THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1958), THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970), NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH (1964), NIGHTMARE IN BLOOD (1974), THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967), THE HOUSE OF USHER (1960), THE COMEDY OF TERRORS (1964), THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971), NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957), THE HAUNTING (1963), THE GORGON (1964), THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960), THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961), MUNSTER GO HOME (1966), NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986), NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984), SHOCK WAVES (1975), THE TINGLER (1959), DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972), BLACK SUNDAY (1960), BLACK SABBATH (1963), DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1968), FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969), KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (1988), MATINEE (1993), GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990), BLOOD AND ROSES (1960), RE-ANIMATOR (1985), BLACULA (1972), SUGAR HILL (1974), THE SENTINEL (1977) and ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968).

Television:

The biggest thing on Bay Area television in the '70s - KTVU-TV 2's CREATURE FEATURES, hosted by the legendary Bob Wilkins !

Thought lost to antiquity! Rare 1969 footage of San Francisco's SHOCK-IT-TO-ME-THEATER on KEMO-TV 20, featuring its host - Asmodeus!

More rare SHOCK-IT-TO-ME-THEATER footage, an after-Christmas promo with Asmodeus hammering home the Yuletide fear!

THE MUNSTERS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, NIGHT GALLERY, CREATURE FEATURES, BOB WILKINS, JOHN STANLEY, SHOCK-IT-TO-ME-THEATER, ASMODEUS, GHOUL A-GO-GO, MASTERS OF HORROR, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, MONSTERS, KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER, THE OUTER LIMITS, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THRILLER, 13 DEMON STREET, THE VEIL, ONE STEP BEYOND and more!

Books:

H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, August Derleth, Lafcadio Hearn, Rampo Edogawa, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram Stoker, William H. Hodgson, Algernon Blackwood, J. Sheridan le Fanu, Jonathan Carroll, Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Colin Wilson, and more!

Heroes:

Thanks to everyone who helped to make SHOCK IT TO ME! an electrifying success: Bob Wilkins, John Stanley, Veronica Carlson, Joe Dante, Doktor Goulfinger, Lon Huber, Steve Moore, Ms Monster, Aaron Farmer, Marc Nordstrom, Mr Lobo, Russ Tamblyn, Tom Wyrsch, Robert St John, Scott Moon, Bob Ekman, Eric Yee, DJ Omar, Will “The Thrill” Viharo, Maya Martinez, Rachel Herz, Alexis Pacelli, David Chapple, Joey Myers, the Wilkins Family, Madame Maraschino, Odessa Lil, David Nahmod, Dick Klemensen, Reyna Young, John Gillette, Malcolm Wilson, Morgan D., Ken Leicht, William Melton, Bill Longen & the staff of the Castro Theatre!

My Blog

Cult Radio A-Go-Go LIVE from SHOCK IT TO ME! on 10/18!

In their first-ever remote broadcast, Cult Radio A-Go-Go, will be airing live from SHOCK IT TO ME! at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. You will hear from Doc Zombie, Dead McMahon, Tim aka The Cine...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:53:00 PST

10/11: Ms. Monster SHOCKS Cult Radio A-Go-Go!

Tonight, Saturday night, October 11th, SHOCK IT TO ME!'s horror hostess with the morbid mostest, Ms. Monster will be appearing live on the Rondo-award winning Cult Radio A-Go-Go. Get the scary scoop s...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:03:00 PST

Guest Added: SID "CAPTAIN SPAULDING" HAIG!

SHOCK IT TO ME! is proud to present cult actor Sid Haig to our gruesome guest line-up this year. Mr. Haig began his long career (over 50 films and 350 television episodes) appearing in Jack Hill's SPI...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:06:00 PST

Guest News: LARA PARKER from DARK SHADOWS!

MORE SHOCKING NEWS: Actress Lara Parker who played the evil Angelique Bouchard on DARK SHADOWS, will be appearing with her cast mate Kathryn Leigh Scott at this year's SHOCK IT TO ME! Classic Horror F...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:30:00 PST

Guest News: KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT from DARK SHADOWS!

SHOCKING NEWS: We can now officially announce another of our guests for the DS double feature at this year's SHOCK IT TO ME!: Kathryn Leigh Scott, who played Maggie Evans in the series and the first f...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:39:00 PST

G-Fest Rocks Chicago!

Group,I just flew in from Chicago last night, and (no, I'm not going to say, "Boy are my arms tired") I'm still zonked -- not from the hours of travel (Chicago to San Francisco via Phoenix), but when ...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:11:00 PST

The Original Godzilla Suit Actor Invades Chicago this Weekend!

Group,I'm leaving early in the AM tomorrow to head out to Chicago for G-Fest to talk monsters and sign copies of my book -- EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS -- wish me luck! The original Godzilla su...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:37:00 PST

EIJI TSUBURAYA CONQUERS THE WORLD!

Group,Please check out my blog site, The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla for some ruminations on the attention my book has been garnering, and the man it is all about  legendary visual effects director E...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:16:00 PST

05/15: WATCH HORROR FILMS: CREATURE FEATURES documentary!

WATCH HORROR FILMSKEEP AMERICA STRONG is the new feature-length documentary on San Francisco's beloved program CREATURE FEATURES (1971-1984) produced by Tom Wyrsch (author of "The Bob Wilkins Scrapbo...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Sat, 03 May 2008 11:25:00 PST

04/26: GODZILLA book signing at Clayton Books!

NEXT SCHEDULED BOOK SIGNING:2:00 PM, SATURDAY, APRIL 26 @ CLAYTON BOOKS w/authors John Stanley ("I Was a TV Horror Host") and Roz Kaveney ("Reading the Vampire Slayer"). Clayton Books is located at 54...
Posted by SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:57:00 PST