Shock Theater on Detroit TV circa 1960...

Anyone know if Shock Theater was syndicated? A woman in Virginia told me recently she watch it when she was a kid on a Virginia TV station?

Did Shock Theater originate in Detroit or was it piped in from another city? What years did it run in Detroit?

When I was around 10 or 12 in the late '50s, I caught the 1956 original movie version of "1984" on Shock Theater and it scared the hell out of me as I thought Oceania was a real place. Edmund O'Brien starred as Winston Smith; John Hurt played that role in the '80s remake.

I'm told the 1956 version of "1984" is not available on DVD.

I think it was a local show, perhaps it was on WJBK-TV.

Shock Theater was a generic name that was used thruout the country. It aired initially in Detroit on WXYZ in 1957.

Close your windows
Close your doors
Insulate yourselves
Prepare yourselves for
SHOCK!

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Originally Posted by Al Publican

... When I was around 10 or 12 in the late '50s, I caught the 1956 original movie version of "1984" on Shock Theater and it scared the hell out of me as I thought Oceania was a real place. Edmund O'Brien starred as Winston Smith; John Hurt played that role in the '80s remake.

I'm told the 1956 version of "1984" is not available on DVD.

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Thanks. I want to watch that version again. I found it on youtube: 1984 - 1956 Version DVD [[FULL). It's an hour and a half long.