The Night Stalker (1972)

A real horror story…

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.

Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey

Written by: Jeffrey Grant Rice

Music by: Bob Cobert

Starring: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, Claude Akins, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Elisha Cook Jr., Stanley Adams, Larry Linville

Genre: Mystery, Horror, Thriller, TV Movie

Released: 1972-01-11

Runtime: 74 minutes

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The Night Stalker (1972): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Carter featured actor Darren McGavin in the show as a tribute to the actor and the project that inspired his popular series.
• It inspired a sequel television film titled The Night Strangler, which aired on January 16, 1973, a single-season TV series of twenty episodes titled Kolchak: The Night Stalker that ran on ABC between September 1974 and May 1975, and a short lived 2005 TV series called Night Stalker.
• Carter had originally wanted McGavin to play Kolchak, but the actor elected not to, so the role was rewritten, making McGavin's character Arthur Dales, the "father of the X-files".
• The popular television film, along with its sequel and the TV series, was an inspiration for Chris Carter's The X-Files.
• In the film, Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin), an investigative reporter, comes to suspect that a serial killer in the Las Vegas area is actually a vampire.

Source: Wikipedia

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