Doctor Madblood

Doctor Madblood, was a horror host character who appeared in the following television shows:

The character was created for a Halloween television special that aired on WAVY-TV in Tidewater, Virginia on November 4, 1975. The special was a series of comedy vignettes wrapped around the horror film Universal’s House of Frankenstein. Two weeks later, the show became a weekly series which aired at 1:00 a.m. on Saturday nights.

Each week Doctor Madblood's Movie presented a film from the Universal 77 Horror Hits package. Comedy vignettes were shown before and after the film and before and after each commercial break, featuring Doctor Madblood (a fictional retired mad scientist from Pungo, Virginia) and various other characters. Doctor Madblood was played by Jerry Harrell.

The series spawned a fan club and several fan conventions.

In 1982, following a seven-year run on WAVY-TV, the series moved to the Tidewater public television station WHRO-TV, where it was renamed Doctor Madblood's Nightvisions and syndicated to public television stations in Virginia. Following a two-season run, the show continued in weekly syndication on six cable outlets in New England throughout the 1980s.

The Doctor also returned to Tidewater television screens with a prime-time Halloween special on WAVY-TV in 1984, Doctor Madblood's Halloween Howl, which wrapped around the 1960 Hammer Studios film The Brides of Dracula. For the first time, this special incorporated Doctor Madblood and other characters from the vignettes into the movie itself. Another Halloween special on WAVY-TV followed in 1986, with an all-night triple feature marathon.

In 1989, Doctor Madblood's Movie returned to weekly television in Tidewater on the local Fox affiliate WTVZ-TV. In this incarnation, Doctor Madblood was joined by series regulars Mike Arlo and Craig T. Adams, who had become the voice of Brain as well as many other characters, and newcomer Penny Palen, who portrayed the doctor’s nurse Patience Dream. Also joining the regular cast was Carter Perry, who became one of Madblood’s monsters, Ernie K. Carter’s affiliation with the program began as an editor on "Nightvisions" and "Halloween Howl," and as a director and producer during the WTVZ-TV years.

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