Virginia Creepers: The Horror Host Tradition of the Old Dominion

For more than 50 years, Virginia’s TV horror hosts have been inspiring kids to sneak out of bed to watch a monster movie and adults to feel like kids again.This documentary goes back to the days when local TV was king and into the future with a whole new breed of horror hosts. You’ll experience audio, photos and video recovered from the early days of television as well as extensive clips from the 1970s to the present day.More than that, this film takes you through the transformation of television in America and explores why the format was so popular, why it matters and why it survives.