Kolchak: The Night Stalker - 50th Anniversary Retrospective

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The Night Stalker would air 50 years ago this year and would break the record for the most-watched TV movie ever at that time. The film would inspire many fans of horror and science fiction and would actually go on to inspire one of the most popular science fiction TV series of all-time 21 years after it aired. On this 50th anniversary, I think it is only right we return to the dark side of Las Vegas and roam the strip alongside Carl Kolchak as he searches the night for the truth in The Night Stalker. And famous fang fan David Dastmalchian will be joining us to talk about how The Night Stalker helped inspire his own creation in the comic book Count Crowley Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter and why the original film is one of the true classics of the genre.
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Written by Jessica Dwyer
Narrated by Jessica Dwyer
Edited by Victoria Verduzco
Produced by Lance Vlcek & John Fallon
Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
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@nv_spartan1771 Год назад

Can't believe it's been 50 years. I used to watch this show with my dad.

@erutherford Год назад

Same here. I hope that current families have something like "movie night" that they can look back on similar to watching shows with my dad. They're important memories to me!!

@sherryceltic9856 Год назад

I watched when I was a kid too living at home. Great show and we all were riveted the whole time.

@STho205 Год назад

Not quite...I plan to watch it the night of the 11th, with the ABC Movie of the Week intro. Hope to not be the only one.

@gew1898 Год назад

Me too. My Dad used to laugh at scared I got. He thought the show was “hokey” but he loved watching my reaction.

@billblake9665 4 месяца назад

me too

@Canalus Год назад

The scene in which the cops hopelessly try to stop the vampire from going on a rampage is still awesome to this day. Everything is done on camera through acting, with barely any editing, and it perfectly conveys how inhumanly strong he is.

@LucyLioness100 Год назад

The ending at the mansion usually gets me creeped out especially if you stupidly watch at night; yes that would be me 😅

@varanid9 Год назад

Yeah, and it was particularly violent for '70s TV.

@toshiojohnston3732 Год назад

My favorite scene too also the night strangler with the cops and the pool.

@TsukiumisGuy Год назад

@@toshiojohnston3732 Yeah, and when the Vampire stumbles, a pool light comes on and illuminates his face just as he turns and looks at the cops and stares right at Kolchak! Then he gets up and climbs over the fence as the cops were still shooting him! The stunt people really earned their pay on this film.

@SuperTommyi Год назад

That was great.

@sandraminarovic1523 Год назад

I saw The Night Stalker, The Night Strangler, and the series when they were first aired on TV. Love Them All!

@maureencora1 Год назад

Glad I Got Them DVDs.(smile)

@dartlong4353 Год назад

DITTO

@starmnsixty1209 Год назад

@@maureencora1 👍

@starmnsixty1209 Год назад

So did I.

@dartlong4353 Год назад

@@maureencora1 you betcha

@dredd1981 Год назад

I LOVED Night Stalker when I was a kid, I only caught a small handful of episodes when it was broadcast on BBC2 in the early 90's but I was hooked. Sure some of the monsters look pretty goofy, sure the monster of the week premise wore pretty thin toward the end....but the thing that really sold it was Darren McGavin. He was just sublime as Kolchak in both tv movies and in the series. Ah, memories, we won't see the like of a show like this again 🙁

@blachloch1 Год назад

I bought the entire series and 2 movies on amazon. well worth it.

@BeholdTheTruth79 Год назад

@@blachloch1 I recently did the same thing, my children love it so far.

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 Год назад

It did wear thin and I think it was a promise broken that the stories were all unrelated . Darren McGavin had issues with the show and the fact that though he was assasitant producer he was given no credit .

@akakjb Год назад

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 The series suffered from a distinct lack of Curtis and Matheson. The series could of worked but they would have had to get away from the "monster of the week" format. Unfortunatly, Rovin, the original author, sued because the series supposed wasn't part of the original contract. The series would have gotten a second season if not for that.

@starmnsixty1209 Год назад

@@akakjb Jeff Rice, not Jeff Rovin; two different writers. Reportedly, Dan Curtis didn't get along which is the main reason Curtis wasn't involved with the weekly series

@EricBinford Год назад

My father and I had very little in common. He was more prone to sports, and my brother filled that role. However, Horror & Comic Books was our thing. I'll never forget sitting with my Dad watching Kolchak, even on vacation we would watch in hotel room. He is gone now, but I still watch the shows we did. I miss both.

@trevorlee7945 Год назад

I watched it as a 11 year old fatherless boy in 1974/75 and would have given anything to watch with my dad . The Night stalker was one of the top 5 series of my childhood right there with Brady Bunch , Gilligan and 6 million dollar man and later Charlies Angels .

@patof72clune51 Год назад

Pray & do little sacrifices for his soul Perry.

@goodowner5000 Год назад

Nice memories! They sustain us for sure. Is your user name from "Fade To Black", the character played by Dennis Christopher? Fantastic film!!

@billlozier5551 Год назад

Precious moments, bro. Bless you.

@LannieLord 10 месяцев назад

I also was the HORROR KID - Famous Monster magazines , Aurora Monster model kits and the Groovie Goolies !

@LarryFleetwood8675 Год назад

Like fine wine, these two classic Kolchak TV movies never get old I still revisit them time and again, it's like Columbo with similar good writing and acting that you can just watch again and again.

@shainewhite2781 Год назад

The show inspired The X Files, Supernatural and The Winchesters. It also inspired a short lived CBS reboot with Stuart Townsend as Kolchak and Gabrielle Union as a skeptical journalist, who begins to learn that the supernatural is all too real.

@vixtex Год назад

And Chris Carter put Darin McGavin in The X-Files.

@Sealdeam Год назад

I remember that reboot, at the time I did not know it was a remake, it was also one of my first contacts with an open ended series due a cancellation so it was only much later I got to know that I would never get to see the resolution of the cliffhanger.

@potheadmike8510 Год назад

In the reboot, did anyone happen to notice in the opening sequence, a one Carl Kolchak superimposed in the background office scene? The reboot was doomed to fail. It was NOTHING like the original. In my opinion, when sequels stray so far from the source, they should just take it a step further and have them stand as a story all it's own. They should've made it more of a horror/tongue in cheek comedy. I ALWAYS thought Andy Richter playing Carl Kolchak's son, would've been brilliant! After his Father's death, he would've received all of Carl's notes. Being an independent writer himself, his stories dealt more with the paranormal, so he's not being taken seriously, and is ALWAYS struggling. Like his Father, he has that innate drive for exposing the TRUTH even to the point of risking his life. Just to get the show off the ground, they could do the first few episodes as an homage, where Andy Richter looks into some of Carl's old (Fan Favorite ;) cases. And why they didn't center it in Chicago like the original, I don't know!

@bryanhayes1218 Год назад

ABC not CBS

@1locust1 Год назад

@@potheadmike8510 The reboot was a disappointment but I do remember the actor in the background dressed as a Carl Kolchak homage. The reboot was bland with pretty young faces acting grim and pouty. It didn't capture the sarcastic Kolchak when he had to deal with the public officials.

@SuperMoleRetro Год назад

I loved The Night Stalker and Dr Who when I was young staying up late at night watching TV. That opening music still sticks with me today.

@k-matsu Год назад

One of my favourite shows. I was guted when they cancelled it after only one season. I dont think it would be possible to reboot it, but it sure was a shame we didnt get any more of Carl Kolchak

@clydehall9990 Год назад

Remember seeing the original TV movie first run, and it was one of the scariest films of my childhood. More, for a kid imprinting on tough guy pulp heroes of the day, Kolchak became my new hero. The scared, sometimes bumbling, but smart and creative hero of principle. Not the strongest guy in the room, but the last one to give up a fight for the truth. I'm also enjoying the Count Crowley books! Wonderful interview and retrospective. Thank you.

@TodAG69 Год назад

As a kid, the headless Biker back from the Dead episode scared the crap out of me

@LannieLord 10 месяцев назад

People don't like that episode - BUT it scared me!! @@TodAG69

@joeknipp6698 Год назад

I remember watching the TV series when it first aired ('73). I was about nine at the time. Scariest moment of the series (for me) was when Carl has to stop the Zombie, climbs in to the back of a hearse where the zombie is sleeping, fill his mouth with salt and then sew his tips together... and the zombie awakens while Carl is attempting to do it ! Holy cow !!

@joeyjojoshabadoo889 Год назад

Man.... That was some of the tensest moments in television. It really showed just how brave Kolchak was

@kudukilla Год назад

From my childhood I remember the haunted armor, and the headless biker.

@joeyjojoshabadoo889 Год назад

@@kudukilla That's so funny. Those are the only two episodes I don't like

@KanetsidohiKanotoush Год назад

I LOVED this series when I was a child, and I never missed an episode, love the Hammer movies too, Peter Cushing being one of my heroes I'm from south América so I always thought Kolchak was just a series, never knew there was a movie

@michaelwallace6851 Год назад

I love Kolchak! I re-watched both movies and the TV show this year, and also listened to both novels on audio for the first time. I didn't realize it was the 50th anniversary. I'm happy I did that this year.

@davidstrange6759 Год назад

One of my favorite shows of all time, it's great to see it get is due over these past few years

@shallendor Год назад

Kolchak was so great and entertaining with a fun cast!

@michaelshrawder2522 Год назад

Like you , I watched this as a 10 yr old boy. And I was hooked. I watched the movies and the series , It was great and it was on late at night. It's hard to believe it's50years.

@CaptApril123 Год назад

I was like 10 years old when the TV movie 'The Nightstalker' was aired.. Loved it, I was big into horror as a kid, 2nd TV movie and the TV series.. It was great. I've watched the 'Night Stalker' a few years ago to see if it held up over the years and yes it does.

@mikefisher2673 Год назад

I was ten too, can't believe it has been 50 years.

@starmnsixty1209 Год назад

👍

@OuterGalaxyLounge Год назад

I caught this in its original run as a young teen in the mid-'70s and it was my favorite show at the time. Despite the success of the TV movies, the series performed badly in the ratings, which ticked me off because I knew my favorite show would be yanked off the air because nobody was watching it. Time and wisdom have prevailed, as was the case with the original Star Trek which at least was given a chance for a reprieve at the time. Still, to this day, I've rarely seen anything scarier than the episode where Kolchak has to seal salt in the mouth of the zombie inside the car in the junkyard. That is masterful tension at its best.

@LannieLord 10 месяцев назад

the 1974 TV Season was VERY important to me! Kolchak AND Planet of the Apes TV show - BOTH on Friday Nights !!!!!!

@blockmasterscott Год назад

I love the scene in front of the hospital in the original movie. The stunt work with the crashing motorcycle was incredible, and that was on a made for TV movie. And the cops at the swimming pool going balls to the walls trying to catch the vampire was a really well done scene.

@starmnsixty1209 Год назад

They were excellently done.

@miketalas7998 Год назад

Yes, I saw the the Night Stalker as it was playing in its brand new showing!!! And I loved that Intro tune they played each and every show!!! Wonderful!!! 😃

@filmzealot Год назад

In 1972, people tuned in to watch The Night Stalker to watch the VAMPIRE. Barry Atwater doesn’t receive the credit he deserves for the movie’s success. McGavin character was absolutely incredible and amazing. McGavin deserves all the credit for the movie’s longevity. It was also my favorite show as a child and Mr. Atwater was my childhood fear!

@JTSDAD67 Год назад

Atwater was scary because he was in modern times and seemed more real than the period pieces from Hammer House of Horror which I also loved.

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

Barry Atwater played a warlock on an episode of Bewitched. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@RawheadWes Год назад

Yes! Mr. Atwater's eyes would give anyone nightmares!

@mkvampire88 2 месяца назад

@harperstacey9604 Barry Atwater was magnificent as the Night Staker vampire!!! ❤ love everything he appeared in. He appeared in Perry Mason several times, also as mentioned Bewitched, original Star Trek, to name a few. Very talented and (in my opinion) handsome actor. ❤ LOVE Carl Kolchak too. The best movie.

@lisaheisey6168 Год назад

I remember watching the tv movie and the following tv series, with my mom & dad, when I was little.

@SuZ4242 Год назад

I saw this movie first run as a teen. EVERYONE talked about it and how fantastic it was... and still is. Enjoyable chat, thanks for posting 😁

@TheSteveSteele Год назад

I saw The Nightstalker in Jan ‘72 and it gave me nightmares for years. Bad nightmares. The blood bank/hospital scene, and the swimming pool scene really stuck in my head. It’s interesting that so many people watched it that night. I didn’t watch much tv as a kid, so it’s odd that I actually saw it.

@therosebride Год назад

I grew up on Kolchak reruns and even enjoyed the short lived reboot series a while back. Darren McGavin will always be Kolchak to me no matter what else I see him in. This was a lovely video and the interview was a blast! Definitely going to check out Count Crowley now that I've been alerted to its existence!

@JessicaDwyer Год назад

You’ll love the comic !!

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 Год назад

I worked nights when the reboot aired . So , I never saw it though I did hear it had none of the charm . The common criticism was that it tried to be too dark and edgey to be an effective reboot .

@MisterRlGHT Год назад

Shame on you for even mentioning (let alone enjoying) the reboot version, which was both an abomination and an atrocity and also so foul the universe weeps that everyone who worked on it did not have lifelong careers selling shoes instead.

@starmnsixty1209 Год назад

@@MisterRlGHT you said it friend.

@A_YouTube_Commenter Год назад

The nostalgia is deep in this one. I lved for CBS Friday Late Night. I always loved this show from 8th grade in 1987. I was stoked for the remake but it was Weaker. I had no idea there were comic books on him.

@hunterschoumacher9560 Год назад

Watched these back in the early 70s. This movie and Gargoyle were two that made quite the impression on me :)

@SteveWood-m9q 5 месяцев назад

Don't forget ABC's werewolf movie The lucarough

@chuckmunster3240 Год назад

I was 6 when this aired in 1972 and watched it that night on tv with my mom , it was amazing ! Watching the tv series weekly was also something so great when it aired ,I looked forward to watching each new episode an amazing time for sure.

@Jamesharris-lo9nn Год назад

I own both Kolchak movies as well as the TV series collection and love all of them! Thank you for you're awesome tribute! 👹

@JoBloHorrorOriginals Год назад

Our pleasure!

@generalscheisskopf7435 Год назад

So glad that Kolchak is finally getting recognition. I vividly remember the series in its original run and was so pissed when it was cancelled. There will never be another show like it again. I just can't believe it's been 50 years. Thank you for not only paying tribute to Carl Kolchak but also Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows, two of my childhood heroes. (yes, I had a vampire as a childhood hero.)

@mkvampire88 2 месяца назад

❤❤❤

@indiecinemaster4699 Год назад

David Dastmalchian is one of the most underrated character actors of modern day...

@JoBloHorrorOriginals Год назад

Agreed

@JessicaDwyer Год назад

He's a full on Monster Kid. And check out his comic. You'll love it.

@user-Stephen-1967 11 месяцев назад

I enjoyed his part as a deranged follower of "The Joker" in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight". Excellent performance 👏 👌 👍.

@nasalpolecat091 Год назад

Awesome interview with David D. Thank you Jessica D for posting this 50th Anniversary of The Night Stalker. Fan forever JoBlo!

@JessicaDwyer Год назад

You’re so welcome!!

@SirSmoldham Год назад

Sweet piece. I actually saw the TV movie when it originally aired and even love its follow-up "The Night Strangler" the next year (with scenes shot in the Bradbury Building). I also thought I'd mention, that same year Dan Curtis tried it again with another pilot called "The Norliss Tapes" about a different investigative reporter confronting the supernatural while writing a book debunking it. The demon "Sargoth" was played by an actor friend named Bob Schott who was an actual ghostbuster, but I digress. I grew up with "The Invaders" also, so when "The X-files" aired it brought all these shows great homage. HAPPY 50th.

@JessicaDwyer Год назад

I seriously do need to make one about The Norliss Tapes. Not enough love.

@SirSmoldham Год назад

@@JessicaDwyer THANK YOU! And I will be there.

@starmnsixty1209 Год назад

@@JessicaDwyer The Norliss Tapes is quite well done, and very creepy. It's caught a lot of grief over the years for reasons that escape me.

@joerobertson3478 Год назад

In a way with so many Americans watching at the same time, it was a factor that bound us all together. Now with hundreds of channels, we are quite splintered.

@wstine79 Год назад

I remember watching the show periodically on Syfy channel, chiller, and now on METV. Darrin McGavin was great, the monster stories were cool. It was nice seeing Darren McGavin play a pseudo version of Kojak on The X-Files.

@cha5 Год назад

Kolchak

@peterquinn7878 Год назад

@@cha5 Lol, "Who loves ya, baby?" 🤔

@starmnsixty1209 Год назад

Easy mistake to make.

@Patrick-po5kl 5 месяцев назад

I still watch Night Stalker every Saturday night.

@billblake9665 4 месяца назад

Me tv!!

@RaymondCastile Год назад

I was a newspaper reporter for 13 years. Every time I went out to cover a story, I heard the Night Stalker theme in my head. Sometimes I’d play the theme on my car stereo. I even had a seersucker suit for a couple years. I was introduced to Kolchak on the CBS Late Movie. I didn’t know about Vampira being buried near McGavin. That’s wonderful.

@AnitaLife27 Год назад

Thanks for the tribute. I became a big Rhys Darby fan (pronounced ‘Reese’, like Reese’s Pieces) with Our Flag Means Death. Rhys is one of the hosts/founders of The Cryptid Factor podcast, so he’s a Kolchak in real life, always chasing Bigfoot and aliens. 😂 I’ve been a Kolchak fan since first run. So, having Rhys (a natural ‘ginger’) dressed as Kolchak in the xfiles ep, is WONDERFUL ! Kolchak is so delightful. The monsters are great, but the interplay between Darren McGaven and the character actor(s) of the week, as well as the regulars, is what makes the show for me.

@marklafrance8141 Год назад

I was 8 when the first movie Night Stalker aired. I remember watching it with my mom as well as the follow up Night Strangler. When it became a series that was amazing. I remember my Mom had no issues letting me stay up past 10 to watch it because it was a Friday night. I have the movies and series on blu-ray and watch them frequently still. Awesome series! They don't make anything this entertaining anymore. It is indeed a treasured and wonderfully entertaining show. Great post! ✌️❤️🙂

@mikelongo5062 Год назад

Thank you for making this video. Carl Kolchak is one of my favorite characters. I was 8 years old when the series was on, and been a fan ever since.

@dunning234 Год назад

Thanks so much I wish they had dun audio books with Darren McGavin while he was alive. Thanks so much great job.

@CorduroyKing74 Год назад

I've loved Kolchak since I was a kid. He's one of the reasons I started writing genre novels and directing horror films.

@chrisperry4143 8 месяцев назад

I too discovered this at a pretty young age during unsupervised late-night viewing of the CBS network. I was never the same afterwards. Thank goodness I found it.

@PaulKyriazi Год назад

Besides the thriller aspects, I think the ending with the police coverup, blackmail of Kolchak, ending his career upgrade, and disappearing his girlfriend, gave the story special depth.

@captainsmirk5582 Год назад

I saw this the same way you did. As a little kid in the middle of the night. You can't get those experiences anymore.

@vermeer5 Год назад

A great TV movie but also one of the best vampire films of all time in my opinion. A perfect mix of classic horror, film noir in the perfect voice overs Kolchak does, and a very modern setting filmed with the gritty realism of late 60s and early 70s cinema. Such a well rendered character and one of the most memorable in the history of TV.

@starmnsixty1209 Год назад

👍

@rodneyhext8870 3 месяца назад

Absolutely agree 💯

@DadCanJapan Год назад

I missed the TV movies when they first came out but saw the TV series. Absolutely loved it. My favourite episode was The Zombie. I still remember the moment his eyes opened. Horror in the Heights was good too. I was so sad when it was cancelled after just one season. And nothing can match that opening theme song.

@LaserRanger15 Год назад

Loved this show. It was on, when my parents started leaving me alone for the 1st time (I think I was 10 or 11). Friday nights I got really scared and left the all the lights on. Loved it.

@thomasp.3357 Год назад

I just watched this. Love Kolchak!

@ronthecon9772 5 месяцев назад

It's a Must own on Physical Media..... watching the series over and over is so much fun!

@demonicsweaters Год назад

I had heard of Kolchak for several years, but never watched it until I saw the first movie a week ago. After that I watched The Night Strangler, now I've been binging the series. I absolutely love it! I can't get enough of this guy!

@chadkimmel8957 Год назад

I love your enthusiasm for this series.

@tennisjazzman Год назад

I grew-up watching The Night Stalker as it aired. Thank you for the attention you have given it. I believe Darren Micgavin said that it was his favorite character that he has ever played.

@ghstimage9328 Год назад

One of my most memorable shows in my life.

@prairiehawker Год назад

Thank you for the wonderful video, when this ran in 1972, an 8 year old me ran from the living room in terror during the Hospital Scene. My parents never let me live that down for nearly 50 years,

@STho205 Год назад

I ran from the opening titles to Jonny Quest....of course I was 2. Best derned animated show ever. My wife ran from the titles to The Crisis (also 2 or 3).

@shoesncheese Год назад

I'm so glad you covered this. Kolchak was and is an inspiration.

@chevelle1967 5 месяцев назад

My weekend late nights as a teen. Fond memories of these shows!

@catr-wilde856 Год назад

Saw, and loved, this on first run when I was a kid. The 1974 series helped filled the gap left by The Night Gallery which ran from 1970-73. It was very sad that there was nothing equivalent after Kolchak on prime time.

@lacrosse1314 Год назад

The Night Stalker was fantastic! Right up there with The Prisoner. Thanks for celebrating this anniversary.

@johngough2958 Год назад

Wow - for the days of unsupervised TV viewing when your parents had gone to bed from a hard days work! The formative stuff I watched. We had to wait until the late 80's before Nightstalker arrived in Ireland and I was in my early twenties - the first episode I saw was "Horror in the Heights" with the legendary Phil Silvers. I was hooked ever since.

@bkatbamna Год назад

I loved how Kolchak could worm his way into pretty much any briefing even if it was closed to the press.

@ms8742 Год назад

The Night Stalker was the best scary series ever. As a kid I loved it while it scared me at the same time.

@peterhoulis1184 Год назад

I watched it as a child and loved it and never forgot it , in later years i bought the dvd RIP Mcgavin

@ufobigfoot4002 Год назад

Supernatural horror at its finest! Love this show so much

@Otokichi786 Год назад

How about "Grimm" (2011-2017)?

@kurtbarlow9402 Год назад

Night Gallery

@deanfirnatine7814 Год назад

@@Otokichi786 God that was a awesome show, so cool that considering it took place in Portland it was complete non-fiction

@rddav1 Год назад

I was 7 yrs old when I first saw this on the Tuesday night ABC Movie of the Week back in '72! Scared the hell out of me!

@brianpratt3224 Год назад

I always like how he would always contact experts in the TV series.

@TimeisReel Год назад

It was ahead of it's time. It's amazing it was only one Season...

@sloburn_1 Год назад

I was there as well ,my mom on the couch ,me sitting Indian style on the red ,yellow shag carpet, Between Bobby Darin,and Darren McGavin,well I had a name ,I'm Darrin,do kinda have little bit urban history,nice to remember from your experience,and that it had swept you up for that moment! Thanks for sharing 💯☮️❤️ always 😜

@sloburn_1 Год назад

Side note that carpet was its own horror show lol

@dockaos924 Год назад

I still enjoy watching episodes now and then 😊

@stevenbinger704 Год назад

This is a hidden gem 💎

@chefbillybaroo2056 Год назад

One of my absolute favorites I remember Carl traversing under Chicago, fighting alien looking things, werewolves, vampires and I believe I am about the same age as you I’m 55 and I would love to see a movie or a revamp with the same texture as the original thanks for doing this video I appreciate it a lot we’re getting older but some of the things that were around when we were kids are gold…..

@rangerider4288 Год назад

Darrin McGavin was a phenomenal and versatile Actor! Top drawer!

@harperstacey9604 Год назад

Darrin McGavin played the father in the film, a Christmas story. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@rangerider4288 Год назад

@@harperstacey9604 ~ Where I live, that one is a daylong TV marathon X- mas classic!

@rangerider4288 Год назад

@Harper Stacey ~ "Commanding" in By Dawn's Early Light (1990).

@keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117 Год назад

I was in High School when Kolchak:The Night Stalker when it original aired...I watched the first TV movie....I have The Original Movie, The Night Strangler, and Kolchak:The Night Stalker all on DVD...I still watch the reruns on TV...plus I remember watching reruns of the Kolchak:The Night Stalker on CBS on the Late Show...after the local news and Top of the Pops....KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER NEVER GETS OLD.. I'll watch it forever..

@john_blues Год назад

Thanks for recommending this. This was pretty good(found a decent quality version on RU-vid). Hell, it was better than the last few movies I've watched while I'm out on holiday break(Looking at you 'A wounded fawn'). They did Kolchak dirty.

@sassymess7111 5 месяцев назад

I vaguely remember this. I need to watch this again.

@lc2496 Год назад

Loved it then and love it now

@mikeg2306 5 месяцев назад

McGavin’s creepy voiceover intro at the beginning of each show was one of the best parts. It’s even better than Rod Serling’s Intros and Outros in the Twilight Zone, which were also awesome.

@louremington6975 Год назад

I loved this TV show and my dad liked it too. It was only one of a few shows we both liked. I think my fondness for the show was that I loved it and he would watch it with me. I was pretty young so some of the episodes really scared me. The two other shows he liked were, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Get Smart. My dad was seriously smart and this is why I loved him.

@bbo40 Год назад

Watched this in reruns in the later 70's. Ten years old watching it in the dark ;late on a Friday night. And watching it on a black and white 12" portable TV sitting on me and my brother's dresser.

@capester7278 Год назад

Well done! Good tribute to a great movie and series! 😊👍

@JoBloHorrorOriginals Год назад

Thank you so much 🍻

@meredithr.8322 Год назад

Great video! My dad introduced Kolchak to me when I was like 6 or 7 (maybe younger?) He watched it when it first aired. Love seeing so many fellow fans and love for the show online ♡

@d.bcooper7819 Год назад

I absolutely loved this show when I was a kid in the 70s.

@mattburton3233 5 месяцев назад

loved this show.

@remo1wodmnetwork9605 Год назад

The 2 things that made "the Night Stalker" a hit and regenerate the vampire genre were: 1. The modern day aspect; throwing a vampire in Vegas and showing us how easily it worked. 2. The narrative. Kolchak was a reporter recording his story and it reminded us of the old radio shows, building the scene, the suspense. And McGavin milked every second of it.

@Professor_Fate Год назад

Another thing was portraying the vampire not as a "sexy," elegant aristocrat, but more like a -- even though the term hadn't been coined yet -- serial killer. Janos Skorzeny is a lot more like Ted Bundy and a lot less like Count Dracula.

@MisterRlGHT Год назад

A vampire who drove a car! And rented a shitty tenement cottage! And robbed hospital blood banks! I'd say he was the first modern 20th-century vampire, and possibly the only one until Near Dark over a decade later. (Martin doesn't count because he was more likely just a nut than a real vampire.)

@scottodonnell7121 Год назад

Salem's Lot was kind of based on it if you think about it. Vampire, modern times, writer's story. The book and the TV film scared me silly.

@1locust1 Год назад

@@scottodonnell7121 Yes, it dawned on me that The Night Stalker premiered three years before King's novel Salem's Lot debuted.

@edwardleonetti2492 Год назад

I watched both of the T.V. movies and the entire series as a kid it would come on t.v. on Friday night @ 10:00p.m. I was one of the lucky ones that my mom would let me and my brother stay up and watch it every Friday night but then it was time for bed after it was over well it didn't go like my mom planned lol. YOU'RE NRVER WATCHING IT AGAIN! BUT next Friday came around and there we were, glued to everything going on in the show! Ahh fond memories thanks Mom for letting us get scared to death on Friday nights love ya

@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545 Год назад

Kolchak is one of my favorite shows of all time. And those movies that came before are just amazing. Btw, the diablero Indian was Richard Keil from Bond's Jaws. Not Lurch.

@JessicaDwyer Год назад

That was my bad. I confused those two often in my noggin for some reason.

@williambowers2820 Год назад

He also played the sewer monster in that great episode.

@nysunflower9439 Год назад

So happy to see so many people loving The Night Stalker as much as me and my sister. We watched the original airing in 1972. I was nine and my sister was 6.

@cinemaniac89 Год назад

Flashback! Watched this the same way, unsupervised midnight viewing. Darren McGavin has always been underrated as an actor, just watch him in The Natural and you'll see what I mean or his great work on the Alfred Hitchcock Hour. So cool, thanks for the memories.

@jacobyrassilon Год назад

I'm not sure that there was ever a more perfect casting than Darren McGavin as the hapless Kolchak. He knocked it out of the park.

@jojo-anthony5265 Год назад

I recently picked up the DVD of the series. It's fantastic!

@mshelton5036 Год назад

I was 14 when The Night Stalker premiered a big horror fan, vampires being my favorite. Darren McGavin portrayal of Kolchak was a perfect modern take on a monster hunter. This is a landmark movie grounding the hunter with a believable character and moving on from a more campy portrayal.

@shainewhite2781 Год назад

My dad used to watch this show when he was younger. They have the entire series on Blu Ray from Kino Lorber.

@bdevenyn Год назад

I saw it when it originally aired in 1972. As a 9-year-old, my parents didn't want me to watch it, but, in a nice coincidence, they were going to a party that night. I'm still a fan after all these years. Thanks for the 50th anniversary review

@jimp9884 Год назад

I'm pissed at you. I saw the 50 year anniversary and said it can't be. Until I realized I was 70 years old. Liked the show and have it on my jukebox.

@dianawashington4486 3 месяца назад

What is juke box

@jimp9884 3 месяца назад

@@dianawashington4486 I rip all my DVD's to my central server so I can watch anywhere in the house (currently approaching 20 TB of shows), like an old fashion music Jukebox in a bars or dinners.

@saulorocha3755 Год назад

Watched this for the first time in RU-vid! Loved it, so funny.

@joe3019772008 Год назад

i was 12 years old the first time i seen kolchak - the night stalker on tv, watched every week with my folks on the couch, it was the only time i was allowed to stay up later. lol. good times. when the series and the movies hit dvd for the first time, my mom said, we're getting them. she much like i was a big fan of the show. when the remake came on we both said it was complete garbage. she died last year from cancer, i haven't watched the night stalker shows since.

@russellcheck Год назад

I love Night Stalker, and watching the two of you talk about this warms my heart!

@johnzeszut3170 Год назад

The producers went on the cheap with this series and it had all the potential for being a lot better. McGavin did a great job with what he had to work with.

@greggibson33 Год назад

Clearly one of the best (if not THE best) vampire movies.... ever. Everything about it, from the casting, to the music, to the use of humor... all pitch perfect. I have one question motivation-wise: Why did Kolchack go to Skorzeny's house at night? Didn't he earlier warn the police that searching for Skorzeny at night was a waste of time because he was indestructible? Just wondering.

@wnblair Год назад

I just got the Kolchak: The Night Stalker - 50th Anniversary Graphic Novel. Great stories. I love these TV movies & I liked the short TV series for what it was.

@LarryFleetwood8675 Год назад

It's just too bad that the Blu-ray release of the complete TV series sadly looks terrible, fans better stick with the old DVD releases for the original color grading.