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TMC · 11-16-2017, 09:14 PM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...etwork-1059027

NBC Universal is shutting down the struggling horror channel.

mets82 · 11-16-2017, 10:25 PM

I've hardly heard of the channel.

AMackII · 11-18-2017, 10:19 PM

I think the network had an unique decade long run.

Retro4Life · 11-18-2017, 10:26 PM

It was a great concept with poor execution. I love horror films and television shows, but 90 percent of their programming was stuff I had never heard of; low budget (more like zero budget) forgettable stuff that was so bland it didn't even register.

Then, of course, when they DID feature a high profile film, they edited it so much for adult content that it was just a shadow of its real self.

Too bad; there's a market for a well programmed horror channel out there.

KRW · 11-18-2017, 10:28 PM

I'm gonna miss it. They used to play some pretty good horror movies in its earlier years.

Torgo · 11-19-2017, 12:34 AM

I watched a few shows on it like the Friday The 13th TV series. Didn't watch the movies as I hate editing.

The best horror themed channel was MonstersHD, 24-7 uncut-commercial free horror movies, a wide range of mainstream to the lesser known. NOW that's a channel I miss. I'd print out a schedule every month and highlight the movies I wanted to record. Sigh.

Retro4Life · 11-19-2017, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

I watched a few shows on it like the Friday The 13th TV series. Didn't watch the movies as I hate editing.

The best horror themed channel was MonstersHD, 24-7 uncut-commercial free horror movies, a wide range of mainstream to the lesser known. NOW that's a channel I miss. I'd print out a schedule every month and highlight the movies I wanted to record. Sigh.

Do you remember a channel in the 80's called "The Horror Channel?" It was available via satellite dish (which we didn't have) but a friend of mine had it. It didn't last very long.

MA · 11-19-2017, 10:34 AM

Did they ever air The Outer Limits?

Torgo · 11-19-2017, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Do you remember a channel in the 80's called "The Horror Channel?" It was available via satellite dish (which we didn't have) but a friend of mine had it. It didn't last very long.

I don't. That would have been awesome. I know the UK has a channel also called Horror Channel, seems it's what Chiller could have been.

Retro4Life · 11-19-2017, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MikaelaArsenault

Did they ever air The Outer Limits?

Not that I am aware of; then again, I think I lost the channel a few years back, and don't even have satellite (or cable) now. LOL

KRW · 11-19-2017, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MikaelaArsenault

Did they ever air The Outer Limits?

MeTV is currently airing the original series. Last I knew Comet was airing the remake.

MA · 11-19-2017, 05:49 PM

Is Comet still airing the remake?

11-16-2017, 09:14 PM	#1
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11-18-2017, 10:26 PM	#4
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	It was a great concept with poor execution. I love horror films and television shows, but 90 percent of their programming was stuff I had never heard of; low budget (more like zero budget) forgettable stuff that was so bland it didn't even register. Then, of course, when they DID feature a high profile film, they edited it so much for adult content that it was just a shadow of its real self. Too bad; there's a market for a well programmed horror channel out there.
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Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	I watched a few shows on it like the Friday The 13th TV series. Didn't watch the movies as I hate editing. The best horror themed channel was MonstersHD, 24-7 uncut-commercial free horror movies, a wide range of mainstream to the lesser known. NOW that's a channel I miss. I'd print out a schedule every month and highlight the movies I wanted to record. Sigh.
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11-19-2017, 10:34 AM	#8
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11-18-2017, 10:19 PM	#3
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,225	I think the network had an unique decade long run.

11-18-2017, 10:28 PM	#5
KRW One Bad Mother Funker Forum Regular Join Date: May 23, 2017 Location: The Funk Dojo Posts: 899	I'm gonna miss it. They used to play some pretty good horror movies in its earlier years.

11-19-2017, 05:49 PM	#12
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