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When Terror Ruled the Tube: Horror Television Shows of the 1980s [Article]

By Joseph Perry and Cohen Perry: Arguably, the 1980s was perhaps the strongest decade for television horror series, at least in quantity if not quality. While every decade since the 1950s offered memorable and sometimes classic fear fare on the small screen, the eighties saw a large amount of horror series start up, helped in part by a renewed interest in the anthology format and, in the United States, a boom period for first-run syndicated series.

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• Hit songs included ‘Swingin’’, ‘Straight Tequila Night’, and ‘Seminole Wind’. John Anderson was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Today's Retro Rewind: El Santo & The Blue Demon Verses Dracula & The Wolfman Lucha Libre Movie Review [Article]

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