"Nightmare" was a hosted horror movie show with Milton Budd as "Milton" presenting movies on Saturday nights at 10:30pm on WMBD-TV, Channel 31 Peoria, Illinois from 1958 until the early 1960's.

"Nightmare" was a hosted horror movie show with Milton Budd as "Milton" presenting movies on Saturday nights at 10:30pm on WMBD-TV, Channel 31 Peoria, Illinois from 1958 until the early 1960's. A small glowing blob of spectral white appeared in the middle of a black screen, weaving uncertainly as it grew larger. "You are calling me . - I am stronger, stronger, strong," a ghostly voice announced as the blob became an eerily-lit face. "I am the embodiment of your evil thoughts - thoughts you have not dared to think until now." The effect was (and is) reminiscent of the old Inner Sanctum and Lights Out shows.—The Professor