The Night Stalker 1972)

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JOHN STANZ

11 жыл бұрын

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@Ckom-Tunes Жыл бұрын

Imagine going back to 1972 when this was produced. You’d sit with your family waiting for it to be broadcast. There were only three television channels, you couldn’t record it for later because home VCRs weren’t available, everyone gave the TV their rapt attention, there were telephones but it was stuck on a wall 60 feet away in the kitchen (nobody bothered to call during prime time anyway) and it was GLORIOUS! After the scary movie your mom gave you a cookie and a glass of milk and sent you to bed. Dad watched the news and the house was shut down by 11:30. It couldn’t have been any better!

@michellehill4148 10 ай бұрын

I remember very well. I guess I was lucky because we had at least 10 channels but we lived near Toronto Ontario and got tv stations from Buffalo as well as other cities close by.

@FeguerFineArt 10 ай бұрын

@@michellehill4148 Not stations, Networks. ABC, CBC, NBC, and PBS, and that was it.

@mikebeesley5458 10 ай бұрын

The news then Jonny Carson o ya..😊

@cynthiasicurella4264 10 ай бұрын

@@michellehill4148 Greetings neighbor! From Buffalo NY! The Night Stalker was the best!! 👍👍👍

@Chris-ov1et 9 ай бұрын

I miss it.

@GarandLuvr Жыл бұрын

Whoever chose Darrin McGavin to play Kolchak was a genius! 😊😊

@robertyoung2279 11 ай бұрын

I think its his story telling.

@lordeden2732 11 ай бұрын

Any male actor cast first would have made the part his. You would be saying that of anybody playing the part.

@robertyoung2279 11 ай бұрын

I think I smell a TROLL!! .....PS with pimples

@lindaarrington9397 11 ай бұрын

Agree😊

@shadowbear66 9 ай бұрын

Or just good at their job.

@strellasmith777 6 жыл бұрын

This story was good for it's time, but honestly Darren McGavin makes the movie. He absolutely carries it. Such charisma and charm! I can't imagine it without him!

@reyybarra390 Жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that kojak, telly savales was up for the role@!!

@marilyndargis2845 Жыл бұрын

A Christmas story ! Great acting and plot m

@pooddescrewch8718 Жыл бұрын

I think Brian Cranston could do it .

@josephperkins4857 Жыл бұрын

@@pooddescrewch8718 the need me to play the role cause I could be just as contrary

@roringusanda2837 Жыл бұрын

I love the old black and white Sherlock Holmes series with Ronald Howard (son of Leslie Howard, GWTW Ashley Wilkes) and he reminded so much of someone, and I was trying to think who, then it hit me, Darrin MacGavin! The both have an inmate likability.

@benjaminburch2754 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the good old days, When you watched TV with the family.

@billblake9665 Ай бұрын

My parents let me watch both movies but they covered my eyes at points....even though it scared the hell out of me i loved it!!!! When the show started they let my big brother and myself watch them alone.....I was almost 8 when the show started and i loved it more than ever!!!! Monday morning in school all of us brave boys who watched would excitedly discuss things like headless motorcycle riders and 8ft tall native american spellcasters.........werewolves and zombies... aliens vampires jack the ripper.......Louisiana swamp monsters....monsters that looked like those you trusted most......i watch metv every saturday night at midnight....50 years later I still love watching it being broadcast and I hope there are youngsters today who find it as cool and engaging as i did at that tender age.....may the legend of the man called kolchack live on!

@imlurking-9103 Жыл бұрын

Kolchak the Night Stalker was way ahead of it's time. Entertainment at it's finest.

@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын

Only decades later did I realize how prominently Blacks and women were utilized thruout the series. The writers and producers were waaaay ahead of their time...and Hollywood's all the better for it! Thanks 👍

@stephenstone8480 9 ай бұрын

The precursor to The X-Files...

@donarthiazi2443 8 ай бұрын

@@berniemac3 What's your point? Despite your witty attempt at sarcasm, you make no sense at all. 🙄

@berniemac3 8 ай бұрын

@@donarthiazi2443 Sorry, no sarcasm intended. Just an unsolicited observation that the series was portraying 1973 with black people and women in positions of authority before it became ' de rigueur'. Hope you feel better 😀

@dianabeurman364 8 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY

@aimeereal5122 10 ай бұрын

I am 59, thank you so much for turning me into an eight year old girl again. I loved the movies of the week, the night stalker series and Darren McGavin. Ahhh when TV was magical.

@Oldceltic-vy4ev 3 ай бұрын

Same here. But a dude. lol.

@julie5310 3 ай бұрын

Me too!

@Maggie-rr8gi 2 ай бұрын

Same with the Christmas Story. Great actor.

@dineoutdeliveries 2 ай бұрын

Same here

@user-fu7xe9fd8h 15 күн бұрын

Am 58 next wen, a this took me back to love it.😊

@pallen49 7 ай бұрын

When I was a kid ( 9 years old in 72 ), see and hear the intro for 'movie of the week' I know it was gonna be good and exciting...Gosh how I so miss those times..

@craigbrown8984 4 ай бұрын

Same here I remember. 😊

@lordtimothymichel8677 Ай бұрын

Yeah. me too

@janetmariededick6061 Ай бұрын

Same here. So grateful to have grown up in the 60’ and 70’s! Best of times.

@gilliankingston8259 Ай бұрын

I remember the Mystery Movie Theme the same way, Alias Smith and Jones and so many more - many of which we watched as a Family (especially comedies and variety shows) - I don't know if that even happens any more. Two favourites I watched with my daughters were the original "Life on Mars" and "CSI New York"

@pooddescrewch8718 Ай бұрын

I really believe we have too many choices for anything to seem special now

@michaelb9529 Жыл бұрын

Darren McGavin was great in everything he did RIP

@silverlaptop2022 10 ай бұрын

What was the name of the Lone Ranger's nephew's horse 😂

@bovnycccoperalover3579 9 ай бұрын

Victor!😂😂😂

@vld7850 7 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY AGREE!

@natureboy1313 7 ай бұрын

McGavin did another made for tv movie in 1970. "The Challenge" it is also on KZfaq

@maryriehm4752 Жыл бұрын

2023. Still watching. Kolcheck.

@bwktlcn Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this in that 70’s house I grew up in, with the shag carpet, the orange sofa, and the avocado recliners. Mom was on the couch, Dad in the recliner, my sister sleeping in the rocker, and I was on a quilt in the floor, watching that huge floor model TV. Nobody wanted to go to bed afterwards, and Dad made an extra check of all of the doors. Oh, for the days when my Dad was alive, and we were all still young…

@leapinglaura7343 9 ай бұрын

Our shag carpet was orange, and the sofa avocado. Completely different lol!

@remmymafia3889 9 ай бұрын

@@leapinglaura7343 As a native Las Vegan (b 1955), who has lived all my life here, (sans 6-7 yrs abroad in the late 70's/early-mid 80's), I nurd-ishly stop this movie here on KZfaq occasionally, to verify small details, that as a longtime local, who was 16/17 yrs old at the time of the filming and playing of this, satiate my memories then. Still trying to sleuth out the location of the interior casino shots. Downtown or Strip casino? There's a case, albeit minimal, that the casino MIGHT be the Stardust, as in a shot where the casino gaming table supervisor watching the action on the table of the individual playing blackjack and talking to McGavin, is wearing a matching garish colored blazer, shirt trio. I was working as a 16 yr old busboy in Aug/Sept '71, at the coffee shop (Palm Room) there. (Stardust)

@tonycherubimo1440 9 ай бұрын

Was in the 8th grade when it aired in 72 Couldn't wait too watch it ABC advertised it alot Kept me on the edge of our flowered sofa At that time it was the most viewed movie on network TV in history

@scvandy3129 3 ай бұрын

"bwkticn," "Nobody wanted to go to bed afterwards, and Dad made an extra check of all of the doors." Not unlike Tuesday nights, only a few years prior -- after another fright fest watching "The Invaders," also on ABC. 'Alien beings from another planet' [how the narration went in the main titles] -- that only architect David Vincent (like Darren McGavin as Kolchak; Vincent was skillfully played by, and ideally suited for, Roy Thinnes) knew about -- scared the bejesus out of most of us.

@WindTurbineSyndrome 3 ай бұрын

We used mattresses on door frames on concrete blocks with lots of pillows for couch and our rug was light yellow and the fridge avocado green. The kitchen counter tile was avocado green with dark wood paneling.

@EM-lz9kg Жыл бұрын

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. The series followed wire service reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those involving the supernatural or science fiction, including fantastic creatures. The series was preceded by the two television movies, The Night Stalker (1972) and The Night Strangler (1973). Although the series lasted only a single season, it rapidly achieved cult status and has remained very popular in syndication.

@roringusanda2837 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching one episode where he was seeing the lips of a Zombie shut, what episode or movie title was that one in?? My mom and me both agreed it was the scariest thing we'd ever seen!

@maryriehm4752 Жыл бұрын

This was the early. X FILES

@KaylaBuhdayla Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Pamela.B Жыл бұрын

This episode was filmed in 1971.

@bruceevans3476 Жыл бұрын

Best show in history. 🫡

@albertogarcia716 9 ай бұрын

When I was a kid, if we were allowed by my mom, we would stay up on Friday nights to watch The Night Stalker with Mom and Dad. There were only 4 channels on TV. Well, 5, if you count PBS. PBS was great for mysteries on Sundays. Mobile Mystery Theater it was called on Sunday afternoons. Sponsored by Mobile Oil Corporation. Anyway, The Night Stalker was my favorite to watch on Friday nights. I still remember laying on the carpet and watching The Night Stalker. Mom would make popcorn on the stove with Crisco and we could smell the popcorn cooking. What a wonderful time to be a kid. Then on Saturday mornings, Cartoons! How beautiful we were back then. Mom, Dad, us kids, and our country. God!, how I miss it.

@jeffreythornton428 4 жыл бұрын

Kolchak was an old fashioned reporter, the type you no longer see.

@jamesgrant9858 Жыл бұрын

I was 12 years old and watched it with my Father. Love you Dad

@melindalemmon2149 27 күн бұрын

ME TOO

@shellyunderwood2405 Жыл бұрын

The first real XFiles right here. Was an amazing show ❤❤

@mikerequadt9661 2 жыл бұрын

still good 5 decades later

@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын

Grrrreat! 👍

@lylux4985 11 ай бұрын

Wrote about this movie in my Diary. All the kids at school were talking about "The Night Stalker." the next day after it aired. Amazing to see Las Vegas, in it's young days.❤

@meanstavrakas1044 3 ай бұрын

I will take the peace & quite of the 1970s any day over this BS we have today. Three to five TV Channels, no VCRs, Records, 8 Track-Tapes, and Cassettes, Albums, and then Large Laser Disk ( what we call DVDs & Blue-Ray today) began in 1978. Those were good times...

@reneleclerc6119 8 ай бұрын

During the commercials, I had to pick up bread and milk at the closest convenience store. You should have seen me run going and returning.

@patriciapiper6294 Жыл бұрын

When i heard the music of the network, i just felt so great. Had to smile and could smell popcorn somehow!!😂😮😊

@williamhannon6055 Жыл бұрын

Mcgavin looks, talks and walks the same in every show he was in. One of the true greats.

@AndrewMOJObook 9 ай бұрын

"high on pot or the hard stuff" Classic! _________ (poor dog!) It is worth watching just for the nostalgia of seeing those cars, filing cabinets, clunky telephones, and typewriters. I didn't even know I missed them. Except for the cars. I knew I missed them.

@natureboy1313 3 ай бұрын

What a classic line that was.

@patrickschabel3955 Ай бұрын

I love that line😊

@mitchmack5223 9 ай бұрын

This is seriously one of the best vampire films of all time. Based on the realism, script, and actors. Two Mike Hammer's together against a single unbelievable foe. RIP to all involved

@paulscheeler 3 жыл бұрын

Barry Atwater as the Vampire never says a word of dialogue but is still terrifying. That is truly great acting.

@aimeereal5122 Жыл бұрын

True.

@mlouism2minotti748 Жыл бұрын

😊😊

@craigclarke7099 Жыл бұрын

Àé4fb c❤

@mikedavies9953 Жыл бұрын

Vampires driving a hard deal with car salesman lol

@emilywhitfield2780 Жыл бұрын

Body language speaks volumes!!!

@Heart2HeartBooks Жыл бұрын

I used to watch the movie of the week with my mother. There was McMillian and Wife and others as well. I loved these times RIP mom. You were the best mother ever.

@billblake9665 Ай бұрын

mccloud and columbo....and macmillian and wife are all still broadcast here in philadelphia on channel 10.2 over the airwaves..free....the rest of our programs come from free sites on the net that have every show possible

@alanmorris7669 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness! I had forgotten all about the ABC Movie of the Week! This is when the whole family would sit in the den and watch the same movie because there were very few channels on TV. I can remember my big sister popping popcorn on the stove, and my dad sitting in his favorite chair ... a La-Z-Boy recliner.

@GloxGlox-nl4cd 11 ай бұрын

The 70's were quite the era.

@phillmckill5562 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite shows ever I used to watch this when I was a kid

@gregsmith7949 14 күн бұрын

Same here. I was turned on to it when it was part of CBS Friday latenite in the late 70's. Stayed up late as a 9 year old with all the living room lights off to add atmosphere.

@phillmckill5562 2 күн бұрын

@@gregsmith7949we had it on tv here in Australia in the 70's as well

@rickmacpherson3210 4 жыл бұрын

I was 20 years old when I first watched this with my mom. Then we watched the tv series. Ahh the good old 1970's.

@donvito2682 Жыл бұрын

This is the greatest vampire movie I've ever seen. I was 12 in 1972 when I saw The Night Stalker. Love the intro of ABC movie of the week. It brings back warm feelings of family togetherness.

@gypsylotusblossom777 Жыл бұрын

It sure does👍💯

@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same when the music kicked in. I’m the same age. Oldest of 5. Watched with my bros. Check out the Norliss Tapes & Salems Lot. Good Vamps 👻

@noahname6695 Жыл бұрын

Me too

@kyereCat Жыл бұрын

For me, The Horror of Dracula with Christopher Lee was my favorite. But this movie of the week was very creepy and frightening.

@jugghead-1975 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@warrenbates2949 Жыл бұрын

I'm 67 ,I remember watching this episode in 72 when I was 16 came on Friday nights loved Kolchack.

@bernaclischurchill4463 Жыл бұрын

My late brother loved the Night Stalker series. He would have been in his glory. This brings back so many memories and saddness. I love these movies, as well. Ms. B. Churchill

@rdbjrseattle 2 ай бұрын

Not to be confused with the “Night Stalker”, Richard Ramirez, whose killing spree came about a decade later in L.A.

@monicasmith7050 Жыл бұрын

Kolchak was wayyyy before the times providing excellent serialized horror television, intelligently made-direction, writing and acting.

@randallbesch2424 5 ай бұрын

And also in the defence of the First Amendment too.

@GirlCode007 5 жыл бұрын

Oh wow The Movie of the Week!!! Brings back kid memories. Hey kids, this was before cable. Live and learn ya spoiled brats🤣😂👍🏾

@swampghost72 9 ай бұрын

Kolchak the night stalker is a true classic.I remember my mom and dad watching this in the early and mid 70's when i was little..

@chejlr 5 жыл бұрын

I loved this show when i was a kid.

@DanTDrac Жыл бұрын

One of the only movies that showed the true strength of the vampire.Tossing officers like rag dolls and impervious to bullets. Barry Atwater gave an outstanding performance without uttering a single word.

@kingsman8475 Ай бұрын

He had some Vulcan strength that carried over from a Star Trek episode.

@warrenpellegrin4473 5 жыл бұрын

This great movie, and series was the inspiration for the X-Files, as quoted by Chris Carter. Darren McGavin never received the Emmy he deserved for this role as acknowledged by the entertainment industry. Rest in peace Mr. McGavin, your perfectly fallible, dogged-reporter "Carl Kolchak" lives on with a whole generation of Boomers and their kids.

@euclideszoto997 Жыл бұрын

Watch the X-Files episode dedicated to Darren obviously with the Night Stalker referring to story.

@user-re6id4qh3j 9 ай бұрын

I was 7 years old when this came out. I couldn't wait to watch it eventhough I couldn't sleep afterwards

@deirdrehelfferich8281 Жыл бұрын

I loved the Night Stalker.. Carl Kolchack is amazing character.

@dreamofmermaids Жыл бұрын

My dad and I watched Night Stalker every week! We loved it!! Great memories 💗

@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312 Жыл бұрын

My dad turned all 7 of us kids onto tons of great television. Mission Impossible Columbo Kolchak The Night Stalker and too many others to mention. This 1972 movie of the week and 1973 follow up (The Night Strangler)movie led to the television series. The two movies broke viewership rating records for those two years. It was tough to try to make+tell as jam packed a story+production in 45-50 minutes when it transitioned into a weekly series, but the series was very rewarding too. Darrin McGavin was a gem of an actor, perfect here. Part of my childhood childhood died when Don Adam's, Bob Denver, and Darren McGavin all died the same weekend several years ago. Just came back 14 days later and watched the original movie which started it all AGAIN. The combination of Darren McGavin great acting and great writing make this 1972 movie one I can come back and watch again and again by now dozens of times if not hundreds.

@gregorytyse9317 8 ай бұрын

i was a youngin' of 12yrs old when i saw this show and i absolutely loved it lol!!!!

@beebee9803 11 ай бұрын

LOVE these !!! Used to watch this series with my Dad (Mom refused --- said they scared her 😂), we would also watch "Twilight Zone," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," and "Outer Limits." We also watched "Saturday Nite Horror Fest" (classics like "The Mummy," "Frankenstein," "Dracula," etc.). I'd make a big bowl of popcorn & sip my Coke, while Dad snacked on pretzels & sipped his beer --- miss those good times, hangin' with my Pops (he also loved "Mission Impossible" --- we watched every Sunday night). Such nice memories, when TV really was ENTERTAINMENT !!! I see 1,000's of YT comments just like mine, bemoaning the loss of good TV and Films --- just wish there were LOTS of cable, streaming, & YT channels that would show the GOOD vintage stuff (not the crap available now). I don't have cable or ANYTHING at home, now. I just watch my DVD's or YT. There just isn't ANYTHING worthwhile to watch anymore 😢

@Chris-ov1et 9 ай бұрын

It was great 👍

@margaritaramos3393 7 ай бұрын

When there were great shows for free.

@WindTurbineSyndrome 3 ай бұрын

Creature double feature on Boston ch 56 on Saturday afternoons Godzilla v Mother's!

@WindTurbineSyndrome 3 ай бұрын

Mothra

@billblake9665 Ай бұрын

My favorite shows are night stalker outer limits twilight zone star trek tos... if im felling silly i might throw on battlestar galactica.....also svengholie on me tv saturday at 8 plays old scary movies classics and lesser knows as well...after that they show batman star trek tos kolchack lost in space voyage to the bottom of the sea the time tunnel land of the giants and the invaders.......great night of programming.

@jessicacarter3885 4 ай бұрын

Growing. Up. Watching. This. All. The. Time I. Enjoy. It 👍👍

@MyREDTAIL 5 жыл бұрын

Claude Akins one of my favorite Western Character Stars May he RIP

@toffanful 3 жыл бұрын

This was television at its finest!

@papamidnight7216 4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this movie with my dad (R.I.P., Dad) when I was a sophomore in high school, all those years ago. Still gives me chills. The actor, Barry Atwater, who portrayed the vampire was badass! The growling, snarling, hissing!

@stephenernsberger9678 Жыл бұрын

BARRY ATWATER...? GOTCHA, YOU KNOW YOUR GOODNESS....! TRUE PERSON OF THE 70s.....THANKS

@josephperkins4857 Жыл бұрын

Yep

@gypsylotusblossom777 Жыл бұрын

@@stephenernsberger9678 Barry Atwater, An EXTREMELY CREEPY dude😬😳😲

@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын

Great, greater...greatest, to me. I almost expect to see Barry still snarling and hissing tomorrow and far into the future. Thanks!🧛‍♂️

@Mryrhodesian Жыл бұрын

Me too. I was 10 years old watched it with the parents and didn't want to go to sleep after this movie was over.

@thegood9 5 жыл бұрын

Used to watch this late with my mom. Lots of great memories. RIP, Mum.

@pepejuan2924 Жыл бұрын

I was 4 years old when this aired but I later remember watching the Night Stalker series, the good old days 😁👍

@WZ912 6 жыл бұрын

Classic! So glad I grew up at this time.

@raysikes5466 8 жыл бұрын

To me , one of the top vampire movies made!

@audreyann1975 9 ай бұрын

I love this! I was born in 75. This show was awesome 👍🏻!

@RSF-DiscoveryTime 8 ай бұрын

This is what I grew up with as a teen in the 70s. So glad this was digitized blu-ray.

@Mary-gp9qk 6 ай бұрын

Me too ☮️

@jaiyabyrd4177 7 ай бұрын

It's 2023 The soundtrack introduction was so energetic This show was awesome 😎

@gordondavis6168 4 жыл бұрын

I love how the vampire is not an elegant sexy gentleman, but an animalistic beast that can’t talk and squeals like a baby.

@skiptoloo9506 4 жыл бұрын

We don't see/hear him/it talk, but clearly he/it does. To the car dealer, for one example. And presumably to realtors etc too.

@notmyrealname6150 9 ай бұрын

I would have liked to have heard him speak instead of just snarl.

@randallbesch2424 5 ай бұрын

Janos Skorzeny born n Krysti Rumania 1899 died in 1972 or did he? The stake keeps him down not dead.

@RJFP67 Жыл бұрын

Fond memories of a time long past. These were the kind of shows that went past your bedtime during the weekdays. You rarely saw the end until you were older and happened to catch the full episodes in reruns. This was before the internets ease of information access. Thank you !

@garyfrancis6193 6 ай бұрын

Passed

@TonyBeazley 9 жыл бұрын

As a person who works on movies and TV shows...I still think this was one of the best shows on TV when I was a kid...still love it...and McGavin was awesome.

@JOHNSTANZ 6 жыл бұрын

darren was the ultimate professional.............not just this but everything he was in...........a rare breed...up there with peter falk............a great friend

@kristoferbatdorf2873 6 жыл бұрын

JOHN STANZ you saying peter falk or darren mgavin was your friend?? either way its pretty cool

@JOHNSTANZ 6 жыл бұрын

i met (columbo) through sinatra met darren through telly savalas.......and i rate tel better than all of them put together..........and they were all brilliant

@JOHNSTANZ 6 жыл бұрын

theres is a funny story about why i called telly, tel...even though his name wasnt terry, english slang for terry he said if i change my name 2 terry what will you call me then...........i said..........ted........hahahaha

@sheilabarfield3849 6 жыл бұрын

So agree!

@cyndiaraujo1687 3 жыл бұрын

This series was a fantastic series and I miss it!

@miketalas7998 Жыл бұрын

03:48 Did you all notice, when he pulled down his mask??? That's FRANK BURNS OF MASH!!! ~ Larry Linville!!!! 🤩 Also I just Love seeing Las Vegas in its smaller days! Most of all the old casinos are gone but I can see everything that used to be there!!! Beautiful.

@DeborahParham-ve1vp 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I did recognize old ferret face.

@kennethleejackson902 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing Darren Mc Gavin downtown Los Angeles filming one of his movies.. it was a honor to watch him...act ...

@antonysmith9173 Жыл бұрын

Ah memories. I used to love watching these night stalker series.

@abusednomoresilence 11 ай бұрын

Me too!✌️

@russelljohnson6243 11 ай бұрын

This was probably the best of all of the Movie of the Week editions. I remember watching this when it was first shown on TV; it scared the crap out of my entire family. Those were the good old days of network television!

@brendaleverick3655 7 ай бұрын

I liked McGavin's confidence and personality. I also liked the way his character so bravely fought the monsters he encountered all alone. He was always outmatched, but it never stopped him from tracking them down and finding a way to finish them off. Modern vampires drive cars or fly private planes, like in another vampire film I saw, "The Nightflier."

@johnnywebb2351 2 ай бұрын

The Nightflier was also awesome

@brenthaymon667 6 жыл бұрын

Great show. I was 12 when I saw this on tv in the early 70's. Thanks for the upload.

@mpatrickthomas 5 жыл бұрын

Night Stalker tv series had some pretty scary ones for its time.What a great series.

@gordondavis6168 4 жыл бұрын

The Kolchak series scared me so much as a kid, but I had to watch it. My mother would fight with my father because he would let me watch it, and she thought it was too adult. I lived in Vegas from 1998 to 2002, and in 2001 there were a series of dead bodies found in seedy hotels. The news was reported on the radio one morning, but not on the television news that night. Never heard anything else about the murders. It made me think of a classic Kolchak monster cover-up.

@gypsylotusblossom777 Жыл бұрын

WOW😲 that looks worthy for some more investigation🤔you should dig into that you might end up with something you should try researching that🧐 because that's very intriguing to say the least🤔💀👹👽🤖👻👁

@leojablonski2309 Жыл бұрын

Cover -up ? Shocker there.

@acmelka Жыл бұрын

I was like 5 or 6 when this was new. It scared me to trauma... back then kids of any age watched what the rest of the family did.

@EYE_GOTCHA Жыл бұрын

@@gypsylotusblossom777 Madame Justice, with your name, maybe you’d be better off investigating those murders…? 😊

@josephperkins4857 Жыл бұрын

@@gypsylotusblossom777 the cops don't need amature detective's 😂

@jessfrankel5212 6 жыл бұрын

Darren McGavin could do no wrong. Good guy or bad guy, he could act with the best of them. This flick is one of THE finest TV movies ever made. Action, realism, solid acting, one of my favorite movies as a kid, and still stands up to anything produced these days.

@fredcollari4400 7 ай бұрын

he was very good as the dope dealer in The Man With the Golden Arm with Frank Sinatra, he was just a great actor in everything he did, salute!

@johnnywebb2351 2 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍🏾

@carriemoore4375 Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE MOVIES The night stalker 👍✌

@mikenewton474 6 жыл бұрын

In 1972, I was working for a New Hampshire newspaper as a bureau correspondent. I had flown out to Ohio to spend the holidays with my family. On the way back home, my plane was grounded at LaGuardia because of snowy weather and I had to spend the night at the airport. I bought myself copies of the Night Stalker and the Night Strangler at the airport bookstore and read them while I was spending the night sitting in a reception area. The lights were all on and I was the only one there. Got a kick out of Kolchak's battle with his editor, Vinchinzo, as it reminded me of my editor. Later, I saw the movie and the TV series with Darren McGaverin.

@crabbyappleton4384 5 жыл бұрын

Great story. Better then a Ted Baxter story. lol.

@freddietommie1904 4 жыл бұрын

A good visual. Thank you.

@torridd Жыл бұрын

The music was fantastically 1970s too! Great stuff!

@pistolpetelamar2343 7 жыл бұрын

Funny, most folks are here because their loved ones let em watch and boom, hooked. Thanks Dad, I love you. We'll watch this again one day.

@TrekJohnDoe 4 жыл бұрын

PistolPete Lamar so sweet.

@peterzang 4 жыл бұрын

McGavin was simply one of the best actors ever! Had the phrasing of a great jazz musician

@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын

Well put my syncopated friend. Kolchak is one of the most interesting characters in fiction! 🤓 Be safe. Thank you

@sandtats Ай бұрын

Great line!👍 (Stealing it!☺️)

@RUGreen-tz6cu 5 жыл бұрын

LOL . . . thanks for the opening sequence> It brought back the memories! This is great!

@ajthetruth2051 9 ай бұрын

Love this show as a kid never missed an episode 😂

@timwilliams8343 5 жыл бұрын

Kolchek was the Van Helsing of the 70s......great horror flick! Thanks!

@RandomRangerRambles 5 жыл бұрын

I loved the Nightstalker episodes as a kid! So happy to see this.

@ranzea20 11 ай бұрын

I watched this series when I was a university student. And when I was in my forties I bought the dvd. I love this show! From Japan ❤

@leapinglaura7343 9 ай бұрын

O hi yo gonzai mas! 👋 🇯🇵

@clivefuller-hale5073 9 жыл бұрын

Remember it...loved it...still love it...

@Lue_Jonin Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this on TV with my family when I was ten... Pretty spooky for a kid in those days 😆 LOL 👍 ❤ 🎥

@binniparis8024 10 ай бұрын

I'm 58 - I use to watch this show when I was 11yo. It terrified me. I never watched horror in my adult life, this maybe why. Funny and wonderful to revisit this classic. Thankyou. Xx

@darrenwiggins9957 6 жыл бұрын

OMG the opening with the ABC effect took me back to my child hood

@ikaikamaleko8370 6 жыл бұрын

I know exact same here felt weird man.

@gja111075 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah there was and answering machines. Some kids had cassette recorders to tape off the radio and talk into for fun. George Harrison worried that early song releases would be boot legged that way and didn't release any teasers until his albums came out. You can see them in a lot of movies and shows, including Brady Bunch and any of these Ed and Lorraine Warren ghost movies.

@gja111075 5 жыл бұрын

Businesses used answering machines. I never met a person using them until much later.

@gja111075 5 жыл бұрын

OMG

@freddietommie1904 5 жыл бұрын

it is heaven

@DH-ss4kk 5 жыл бұрын

I was 7 years old when this was broadcast and I watched it with my mom and oldest sister who was a big Dark Shadows fan

@jlkitz1775 11 ай бұрын

Wow, what a throwback! This show used to scare the crap outta' me when I was a kid 😮. Thanks for the upload 👍🏾 😊

@Lev-qj5kc 8 жыл бұрын

This was frightening back in the day. The 1970s fright movies on TV and the theaters kicked ass!

@TimTheTuner 7 жыл бұрын

So much better than the slasher movies to come later in the '80s. Atmospheric, scary, loud sounds, dark corners, late at night in the vamp's house. What was he thinking?

@user-zg8yh1ig2y 10 ай бұрын

Always fun to watch this again and again...

@andyvanm1 6 жыл бұрын

What happens in Vegas ,stays in Vegas ... One of the best TV movies ever.

@mattiewilliams9015 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your doing this I love the movies I greatly appreciate it

@xrisku Жыл бұрын

I loved this show as a kid. I was so sad when it was canceled.

@Buisness1 6 жыл бұрын

MAN! Back when News papers actually HAD REAL sources and you got FIRST rate news.

@hotelfoxtrot4979 5 жыл бұрын

Name a news story by an edited news source that got it wrong you fucking coward... name ONE DAMNED news story that was discredited as false you right wing douchebag... can't name one? Of course you can't you corrupt turd.

@andrepaquin2099 5 жыл бұрын

@@hotelfoxtrot4979 Hello from Canada. MAN! Back when News papers actually HAD REAL sources and you got FIRST rate news.

@annettefrazier9345 5 жыл бұрын

Who, What, When, Where and WHY !!! Thanks for the memories;)...

@pauldegregorio6432 11 ай бұрын

LOVED this show! Then Night Gallery then bedtime. Scared the crap out of 12 year old me!

@user-ru5ic1mc8g 10 ай бұрын

Same here! Scary episodes.

@michaelcuff5780 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Remember when good T.V. was free! All the good stuff is gone because of greed.

@robsgarage552 5 жыл бұрын

as a kid i watched every episode of the night stalker; loved it. that era was one of a kind. thanks for the download,,,rr

@swissarmytenor 5 жыл бұрын

I remember I had a 4th grade school choir program that night. Told my parents I wanted to stay home and watch that movie, but no dice. My older brother told me how great it was when I got home....dumb choir concert... :)))

@toddtoure7041 6 жыл бұрын

Classic. Kolchak brings back memories. I was a kid watching him on Channel 7 . Loved it. Respect to Darren Mc Gavin.

@rgood1204 6 жыл бұрын

Near DC/Maryland?

@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын

WABC7 NYC

@GoldandAppel Жыл бұрын

Much respect

@annhopy2220 6 жыл бұрын

enjoyed seeihg lots of long lost faces even if some were bit parts in this. thanks for the upload.

@justcurious1303 Жыл бұрын

This movie was one of the all-time classics. Darren McGavin and cast put together one of the all time performances. For its time. And movies and series to this day are using its format. To inspire them from X-Files to Supernatural. And other horror films. And even today you can enjoy turning back the clock and watch this. And enjoy watching it and the suspense of this film. With out all the goer. Of today's films.

@jackryan9183 9 жыл бұрын

Richard Matheson was such a huge talent. Loved Darrin McGavin too. This was the highest rated TV movie for years. Great Vampire Movie. Hell, great movie..period.

@frankdeluca701 6 жыл бұрын

Since the 50s, NJ-bred prodigy Richard Matheson excelled in every conceivable form of the specialized genres of sci-fi and horror: screenplay, teleplay, short story, and novel. An original Twilight Zone alum whose best episodes rank alongside Rod Serling's, Matheson's influence on the dark side of imaginative storytellers is far reaching -- Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Anne Rice, and George Romero to name a few. I wouldn't call him underrated (especially among legion consumers of fantasy fiction), but I would venture to say he is grossly neglected relative of his quality and output. Fans of Duel, Stir of Echoes, I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come, Omega Man, and The Incredible Shrinking Man more closely associate those wonderful films with their capable interpreters (directors and stars) than with the man who originally dreamed them up on paper and ink.

@PedalToTheMetal61888 4 жыл бұрын

...yeah...almost as GOOD as...Brides of DRACULA'''...with John-Carradine'''...& BeLa-Lugosia''' some FREAKy Looking GUYS''+...Vincent-Price-+&--BORIS-KARLOFF'''...That sucKer was ...scary...Looking''''

@jonsayers7926 3 жыл бұрын

agree jack ryan

@roringusanda2837 Жыл бұрын

Only vampire that ever scared me! Literally, no other seemed real, or menacing, or horrible, like this one.

@demongo2007 Жыл бұрын

It was one of the first takes of vampires in the modern era ever made. That and the mystery format and great writing made it a real milestone.

@sandydavis6765 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you..i love this movie. Watched it with my mom. I sure miss her.

@EM-lz9kg Жыл бұрын

Actor Darren McGavin recalled that his involvement began when "My representatives called to say that ABC had purchased the rights to a book called The Kolchak Papers. They were into a kind of first draft of a script by Richard Matheson, and they called the agency to ask them if I'd be interested in doing it. My representative read it and called me." The popular TV movie, along with its sequel and the TV series, provided the inspiration for Chris Carter's The X-Files.[9] Carter featured actor Darren McGavin in the show as a tribute to the actor and the project that inspired his popular series. Originally Carter had 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"

@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын

Well done my friend. Solid research is always near and dear to my...head. Thank you. Spread 'da knowledge. 🤓

@zyxmyk 9 ай бұрын

the lady who played the first victim was actually a stunt woman in her late thirties. she had to be a stunt woman, the guy picked her up and wagged her around like a toy. the woman the vampire had captured tied to the bed was played by a woman who was a casting agent. she didn't even bill herself as an actor but when the vampire killed her dog and went over to her, she did the most realistic version of absolutely terrified I've ever seen. I totally agree about McGavin magnificent, but his boss, Simon Oakland, was also fantastic and in show biz was considered the "consumate professional." Lastly, Carol Lynley was some kind of pretty and a darn good actor herself. this is really just a classic in every way and when it aired in 72, was the highest viewed made for TV movie in TV history up to that time, which freaked out a lot of TV executives. They didn't see it coming. But it really shown a light on the enduring popularity of vampires that was to come. I think they're infinitely more interesting than zombies.lastly, the little cameo by Elisha Cook Jr. somehow added even more class to a really perfect little movie.