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The second annual program opens with Robert Englund enjoying a relaxing smoke on a playground which slowly begins to fill with birds, a parody of a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Inductees for this year are: Film - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Presented by Adrienne Barbeau, accepted by Tobe Hooper. Publisher - EC Comics Presented by Carel Struycken & James Martin Workman, Jr., accepted by William Gaines. Actor - Béla Lugosi Presented by Richard Moll, accepted by Jeff Lugosi (Béla’s grandson). Producer/Director - Roger Corman Presented by William Shatner, accepted by Roger Corman. Production Company - Universal Studios Presented by Elvira, accepted by Carla Laemmle (niece of founder Carl Laemmle, Sr.) Film - The Birds Presented by Dee Wallace & Brad Dourif; accepted by Morgan Brittany & Tippi Hedren. The nominees for best horror film were Misery, Child’s Play 2, The Silence of the Lambs, Predator 2 and Jacob’s Ladder. The winner, presented by Vincent Price, was The Silence of the Lambs. The award was accepted by Lambs executive producer Gary Goetzman. This program also included: A sneak peek of the films The Addams Family, Guilty as Charged and Alien 3 presented by Gilbert Gottfried A tribute to the passing of Freddy Krueger (Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, which was thought to be the final film featuring the Kruger character, would premiere on Sept. 13th, 1991) by stand-up comic Sam Kinison Special Effect segments hosted by make-up artist Steve Johnson and scream queen Linnea Quigley Co-hosting segments from The Crypt Keeper.
