Kolchak decides to forge ahead, putting his life at risk but finding a danger even greater than the possible bloodsucker. He soon connects the crimes to Janos Skorzeny (Atwater), whom he believes to be a vampire, but no amount of evidence or persuasion can seem to get anyone else on board with his theory. Kolchak starts banging on doors a little too loudly for comfort when it comes to some local officials like the district attorney, and at the urging of his cocktail waitress girlfriend Gail (Lynley), he starts to investigate vampire myths as they might connect to the exsanguinated victims. Someone is preying on young women in Las Vegas, and Kolchak's instinct that something very weird is being covered up put him at odds with his boss, Tony Vincenzo (Oakland).
SIMON OAKLAND KOLCHAK VAMPIRE SERIES
The success of the film would inspire a sequel, The Night Strangler, as well as a beloved, single-season TV series ( Kolchak: The Night Stalker), a very short-lived 2005 series that captured none of the original's magic, and a slew of homages, most notably The X-Files and Supernatural.
Embodied by the great Darren McGavin, he's a far cry from the usual erudite vampire hunters and teenage protagonists viewers were used to seeing in vampire stories, and the crime story aesthetic gave the film a chilling immediacy that had viewers glued to their screens and chattering excitedly about it the next morning. The caliber of the Edgar Award-winning script was a major factor thanks to the great Richard Matheson, who took a yet-to-be-published novel by Jeffrey Grant Rice and turned it into a showcase for one of the genre's most memorable heroes, rumpled newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak. Kino Lorber (Blu-ray & DVD) (US RA/R1 HD/NTSC), MGM (DVD) (US R1 NTSC), Anchor Bay (DVD) (US R1 NTSC)Īired on ABC in 1972, The Night Stalker is the single most important horror crossover in the made-for-TV realm in the same era that saw the genre suddenly packing in huge audiences with Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist. Starring Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Scott Brady, Wally Cox, Margaret Hamilton, John Carradine, Al Lewis Starring Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, Claude Akins, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Elisha Cook Jr., Barry Atwater
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