USA Saturday Nightmares

[son of brain hammer]

USA Saturday Nightmares was an unhosted show on the USA Network in the 1980s and early 1990s. The show came on at 8:00 p.m. every Saturday night. They showed a lot of B Horror and Sci-Fi Films. Most of the movies shown also appeared on Commander USA's Groovie Movies. They also showed episodes of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Hitchhiker, and The Ray Bradbury Theater.

The most famous intro to the series had you going through a house where the paintings changed. It started outside the house and moved inward. The first painting went from Frankenstein, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera, Mr. Hyde, and The Wolfman. The second painting changed between The Brood, Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger. The last part of the intro showed a movie screen and the voice over would welcome you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNYZ-evu2A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumOpE6X-Fg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtMtRVVN4PI&feature=related

Saturday Nightmares also had bumpers that featured scenes from B horror films as well as scenes from old episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm-MhV0DPx8&feature=related



Movies shown:

A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Alligator
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Alone in the Dark
An American Werewolf in London
The Black Cat
Black Roses
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Blood Beach
Bloodeaters
Blood Song
The Boogeyman
The Brood
Camron's Closet
Captain Kronos,Vampire Hunter
Cat People
The Children
Damien: Omen II
Dark Places
Day of the Dead
Demonoid
Demonwarp
Demon Wind
The Demon
The Devil's Gift
The Devil's Nightmare
Devil Times Five
Dracula's Dog
The Evil
The Exorcist
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Firestarter
Flesh Eating Mothers
Forever Evil
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part III
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Ghost Story
Girl's Nite Out
God Told Me To
The Great Alligator
Grotesque
Hangar 18
Halloween
Halloween II
The Hearse
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
The Howling
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
Howling III
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
House
House II: The Second Story
The House of the Long Shadows
The House That Dripped Blood
The House Where Evil Dwells
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
The Intruder Within
Island Claws
It's Alive
It Lives Again
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
The Jaws of Satan
The Keep
The Kindred
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
The Lochness Horror
Mako, The Jaws of Death
Mausoleum
Monster in the Closet
Motel Hell
My Bloody Valentine
Neon Maniacs
The Nest
Night of the Creeps
Night of the Demon
976-Evil
The Omen
Omen III: The Final Conflict
Open House
The Outing
The Pack aka. The Long Dark Night
Party Line
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Psycho II
Prom Night
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
Q, The Winged Serpent
Rabid
Rawhead Rex
Razorback
Remote Control
Rock N Roll Nightmare aka. The Edge of Hell
Satanik
Scalpel
Shock Waves
Slugs
Spookies
Tales that Witness Madness
Tourist Trap
Toxic Zombies
Trick or Treat
Trick or Treats
Venom
The Video Dead
The Unseen
The Uninvited
The Unnamable
Vampire Circus
Waxwork
The Witchmaker
Zombie Nightmare

[son of brain hammer]

I wanted to make a special post for this video. Here is a promo for the Saturday Nightmares episode featuring My Bloody Valentine, I watched this one as a wee Brain Hammer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mhkLsUd4wY&feature=related

[JBirdman13]

I might be wrong but I believe I might have seen an episode or two of this. I cant remember if it was a tape or if I watched it near the end of it's run.

[El_Brando_37]

This and USA's Up All Night is where I picked up my love of horror. I just nostalgia'd the fuck out just now. 

[son of brain hammer]

I didn't have one of those nifty regional cable tv horror hosts in my area, so I grew up watching edited horror movies on the following four USA Network shows:

Night Flight
Commander USA's Groovie Movies
USA Saturday Nightmares
USA's Up All Night

USA Network was the shit!!!

I also used to watch Joe Bob Brigg's Drive-In Saturday Night on The Movie Channel.

[JBirdman13]

I spend my saturdays watching Svengoolie when I can 

[Andrew]

I caught some of USA's late night horror shows towards their end, but being that I'm ten years younger than the rest of you grandpas, I'd have to say my love for horror was concreted by the SciFi Channel and Monstervision.  I remember seeing Blood Diner, Raw Head Rex, Lair of the White Worm, Hellraiser, all my old favorites on the SciFi channel, and I remember seeing Return of the Living Dead 2 and the Phantasm series for the first time through Joe Bob.  One of us needs to get fucking rich and start a NEW late night horror show. 

[JBirdman13]

One of us needs to get fucking rich and start a NEW late night horror show. 

Will do Andrew. I'll run it outta my basement. 

[JBones]

I only remember Gilbert Godfried on USA. And Joe Bob, but I thought it was on TNT.

[Johnny Truant]

YES!  I used to watch this, but I can't remember any of the ones I watched except for "Slugs" and "They Nest".  Good times.  Miss those days. 

I wish USA was still as cool as it was back then.

[Andrew]

Reno has Zomboo's House of Horror.