Created in 1999, the show was originally a half hour Public-access television cable TV program called Chiller Cinema in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Chiller Cinema was soon seen on other Public-access television stations across the country, making Underwood one of the first horror hosts to self-syndicate his program.

The show won much praise and accolades and was named one of the country's top 20 cable access TV programs by Gear Magazine.

He is a regular guest at the Wonderfest convention held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, where he hosts live movies every year.

The series went on to win several local and national awards, including an Emmy Nomination for McCasland,[14] and citations from the Governor of Tennessee Phil Bredesen, and the Nashville City Council.

[16] Among the books they published was BEST CELLARS #1 in 1995, which featured the first-published work of Eric Powell, a story called MONSTER BOY, a precursor to The Goon.