#wolfman mac

Clap For The Wolfman! Radio DJ Mac Kelly as big bad Wolfman Mac -- with sidekick Boney Bob -- of Detroit's "Wolfman Mac's Chiller Drive-In" and "Nightmare Sinema." Set in the fictional town of Hauntington Heights (I love the name and wish that it was a real place) and filmed at Erebus Haunted Attraction in Ponitac, Michigan, this was an ambitious latter-day Saturday late show featuring a big cast of supporting players alongside Kelly's great makeup and golden voice. You can see how popular the character was in the Motor City, Mac appearing in ads for local businesses during the commercial breaks.

Scenes from the animated opening for Chiller Drive-In. Every time I thought I was done drawing elements for the intro, I realized that I had to draw even more stuff.

We had just decided that we were going to drop the Nightmare Sinema name because (believe it or not) we were catching flack for having “sin” in the mane of the show. Of course there were other reasons for the name change, but that was the main one.

The Halloween season is approaching and this question is starting to pop up again. Hopefully this post will find it’s way to people that are still wondering about it. 

For those that don’t know, Chiller Drive-In was a horror host program produced in Detroit and syndicated on the RTV network. The show ran for 3 seasons (4 if you count the Nightmare Sinema run). I was the lead editor, animator, creative director, graphic artist, webmaster, social media manager and even an actor on the show. I also wrote episodes, built props and managed to direct one episode too. Oh, and I handled all of the production of our monthly “Attack of The Killer B’s” live events. 

There were a lot of things that led to the show’s demise, but as I state in the linked story below, if you want to blame someone for taking the show off the air, blame me. Here are the gory details:

https://chillerdrivein.tumblr.com/post/175080769603/i-recently-had-the-pleasure-of-joining-bone

And if you’re jonesing for a dose of Chiller Drive-In, I have a treat for you. Here’s a link to the “100 Years of Monster Movies” webcast that was only show a handful of times and never on TV. 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCiOoLmrvR-84oPmaK2aXoVskfnWTm7o