TV’s DRACULA aka Jake Esau, hosted his Bad Movie shows in the old-school “vampire with a campy Bela Lugo as Dracula accent” manner. His schtick involved the well-worn plays on words to emphasize anything that came close to “scary” or “bloody” during his Host Segments or his in-character gigs doing television commercials.
All of Esau’s Movie Hosting shows aired in the Minneapolis/ St. Paul area. Those shows:
COUNT DRACULA PRESENTS (May 12th, 1984- ?, 1986) – Aired at 10:30pm on Saturdays on KITN-TV. Was a Double Feature for part of its run.
COUNT DRACULA PRESENTS (Sept 19th, 1987- Dec 26th, 1989) – Aired weekly on Saturdays on CCO Cable (also called KXLI-TV) AND syndicated on KPOL in Tucson, AZ.
COUNT DRACULA PRESENTS (?, 1996- ?, 1998) – Aired weekly on an undetermined day and time on KMWB.
HORROR INCORPORATED (2000-2002) – Aired on Saturday nights at Midnight on KSTC. Continue reading
