By Jonathan Williams

For the AJC

Of all the Plaza Theatre’s classic film-inspired events, the Silver Scream Spook Show has become one of its top draws each month. And with the Spook Show’s 4th anniversary and 100th show looming, its gregariously ghoulish denizens are taking a hiatus for the rest of the year following the July 31 show, featuring a showing of “Godzilla on Monster Island.”

Frank Mullen, Matteblack Professor Morte (Shane Morton, top) and Retch (Jon Waterhouse) from the Silver Scream Spookshow.

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Rather than retreat to Monster Island for a fiendish furlough, however, Morte, Retch and the rest of the Spook Show crew will begin working on episodes of a potential Spook Show TV series directed by Plaza owner Jonny Rej.

“It’s like ‘The Munsters’ meets ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse,’” says Shane Morton, who plays Morte. “The premise is that Morte and Retch are real and you’ll see their trials and tribulations as they prepare for the Spook Show at the Plaza.”

With animated segments by Mark Butler of Emmy-winning Secret File Animation, “The Monkeys”-like musical segments featuring tracks from last year’s Spook Show CD and other expansions of Silver Scream’s variety show format, Morton says the TV show “still has the essence of the Spook Show, but more polished.”

The Spook Show will return to the Plaza in October for its anniversary show, and this weekend’s edition will be even more over-the-top than usual. In the interim, Spook Show spin-off Splatter Cinema will take over the last Saturday of each month with Splatterday Night Live, a salacious sketch comedy show followed by screenings of slasher and exploitation movies.

Silver Scream Spook Show

1 p.m. and 10 p.m. July 31. $10 for adults at late show, $7 for adults at matinee, free for ages 12 and younger at matinee. Plaza Theatre. 1049 Ponce de Leon Ave., Atlanta. 404-873-1939. www.plazaatlanta.com . www.silverscreamspookshow.com