The intro for the show was filmed in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.
When Graveyard Theatre was no longer "on the air", WYIN channel 56, still ran Graveyard Theatre marathons for a couple of years around Halloween time.
During the intro the name of Laszo is on a tombstone. The name is actually painted on clear plastic taped to the tombstone.
Background Info from the old Website:
The theater set was constructed in early October of '97. Rick Thomas and Jim Corey felt the horror movie genre was sorely lacking in the hosting area. The few doing that job catered to an adolescent market. Thinking they were not alone in their love for the stylized 'B' picture of the early cinema, they struck out to prove the demographic experts had missed a major segment of the movie going public...adults that love horror flicks. "With absolutely no funds we designed and built our own set in Rick's garage," states Jim Corey, producer and director of the show.... "It didn't take long for the show to grow from a low caliber show to a program with production values." "Within only a few months we had a cult following," exclaimed Rick Thomas, host of the show as...LASLO, KEEPER OF THE DEAD.
Details adapted from the Horror Host Underground Website:
Laslo is a ghoul who was raised from the grave and had a curse placed upon him. He is forced to watch crummy horror movies nightly in his secluded, run-down castle, from which he can never leave. As added punishment he must watch these bad movies in the company of three other undead beings who don't really like him too much:
Demonica The Demoness (played by Rachel Foley) is a vampire-demon with a bad attitude, she keeps an eye on Laslo, making sure he doesn't get out of line.
Rinfield, the wacky neighbor (played by Ron Hemphill), is another quite mysterious member of Graveyard Theatre - no one knows where he's from or who he really is. Does he have a home or does he just wander around in a drunken state of death? (Most believe the latter.)
A rotting corpse named Mildew (a puppet created by Doug Goins) completes the group.