WEIRD WEB THEATRE
FRIGHT CLUB

GREGG PHILLIP CHILDRESS - "MOD GHOUL"
ETHAN CHILDRESS - "MOD GHOUL JR."

"Weird Web Theater" (2011) was a project that combines YouTube and Facebook. Each Friday at 8:00pm, using a variety of different horror host over the run of the show. There are links posted on Tingler TV to YouTube videos, including a movie, while the members of the group chat along in a Facebook group chat. The pilot episode ran on 3 June 2011, with A. Ghastlee Ghoul presenting the movie "The Brain That Wouldn't Die". "Fright Club" was a hosted horror movie show with Gregg Childress as "Mod Ghoul". The Ghoul is a zombie with a British accent. The show started in 2011 and ran probably in 2012. Mod Ghoul introduced horror movies and just have fun with his viewers. Mod Ghoul would try to find some kind of message or lesson to be learned from the films he shows. It is just all good fun. Gregg's son Ethan would sometimes appear on the show as "Mod Ghoul Jr." Sadly, Childress passed away on 6 July 2015 in Wiles-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA.

Portrait of "Mod Ghoul" by Bradley Beard.
"Mod Ghoul" - biography (taken from Bradley Beard's Facebook page)

As an audience, we see the horror host as an immortal character, a dark entertainer, a carnival huckster... but what we fail to see is the man behind the make-up. Tonight I present The Mod Ghoul, host of Weird Web Theatre and tonight I honor the man, Gregg Phillip Childress. The horror host community was dealt a staggering blow last week when one of its own, Gregg Phillip Childress AKA The Mod Ghoul unexpectedly passed away. Gregg was an extremely funny man with a passion for horror and a talent for hosting. His character, The Mod Ghoul, Gregg likened to "a kind of Quadrophenia meets Dracula". He clearly had a great love of family, occasionally bringing his children on the show to help him host. The Mod Ghoul gave us the greatest gift that a horror host can give his audience... he gave himself. I would like to offer my sincere condolences to Gregg's family and friends. (written 14 July 2015)

For more information on A. Ghastlee Ghoul use the below link:

The following is a clip from "Fright Club":

"Fright Club Halloween Show" clip from The Professor on Vimeo.