This TV thriller turned out well. It possesses a campy feel while maintaining a dark tone that I found appealing. The "Night Stalker" appeared frequently; he wasn't kept obscured in the darkness for long. There are a few brief but effective action scenes featuring the Night Stalker escaping police cars, motorcycles, and even gunfire. Kolchak seems to manage the Night Stalker with relative ease when compared to the…

A dangerous vampire is terrorizing Las Vegas. Premiering on television in early 1972 and helmed by John Llewellyn Moxey, "The Night Stalker" details happenings in Las Vegas when the bodies of several young women are discovered with their blood missing. Determined reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) grows increasingly convinced that something otherworldly is involved, a notion his loud-voiced supervisor (Simon O…

Consider whether you can accept its plausibility and then attempt to convince yourself, no matter your location, that such an event couldn’t occur here. Carl Kolchak, portrayed by Darren McGavin, is a Los Angeles newspaper reporter characterized by his cynicism and abrupt manner, who becomes convinced that the actions of a serial killer are actually those of a vampire in contemporary times. The film's influence…