We had something similar in the Bay Area, but the host was an ex weather forecaster (Bob Wilkins), and he was dressed normally, but always had a cigar going and a candleholder made from a human skull next to his chair.
Ours went through two iterations. The first had “Count Shockula” and began airing before I was born. The host was so successful he was hired away by a station in a larger market, Tampa, where he became Dr. Paul Bearer and had a very long run. Very dry wit, sort of an undertaker spoof of Vincent Price.
Deadly Ernest was the replacement host. He was goofy, obviously fake fangs, not nearly as polished as his predecessor but more cartoonish and therefore more amusing for kids. It ran all through the seventies and into the early 80’s.
I’d have never seen some of those wacky 50’s horror movies if not for that show. Loved it.