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The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Don't look behind you!!!
Review date: 2008-02-27 Rating: 10 out of 10
I watched a run of the 20 part series around 29 years ago age 10 or 11 on bbc2, today was the first time I'd seen the films and they built a good foundation to follow them up with another viewing of the series.
As well as the scary and the tense moments there's a lot of comedy, the banter bewteen kolchak and the rest of the office staff is great to watch especially vincenzo and the characters really grow on you. If your into hammer or any monster/ghost type films you'll enjoy these and the series.
It was great to be taken back 29 years to the good old days, and have the pleasure of watching them with my own 11 year old son who thought they were brilliant. Darren McGavin's acting is first rate and if you don't mind real acting and the odd bit of dodgy make up instead of cgi you'll believe that things really do go bump in the night.
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Reviews
A Tale of Another City
Review date: 2007-10-05 Rating: 10 out of 10
The Voice is familiar: It belongs to reporter Carl Kolchak: "This is the story behind the most incredible series of murders to ever occur in the city of Seattle, Washington. You never read about them in your local newspapers or heard about them on your local radio or television station. Why? Because the facts were watered down, torn apart and reassembled, - in a word, falsified."
The Night Strangler is a made for TV movie sequel to the Night Stalker. It takes place in Seattle, Washington. Here Carl Kolchak is reunited with his old editor, the vocal Tony Vincenzo. In this case, Kolchak is investigating a series of murders of young women. With the help of a research clerk they uncover a series of serial murders going back nearly a century and repeating every 21 years, tracking down the perpetrator.
This sequel is excellent and one of the few good Jack the Ripper movies, with a unique twist. The film shows an extensive underground city. I took a trip to Seattle to see this, and it is not as extensive as the film.
Kolchak Vampire & Weirdo Hunter
Review date: 2007-02-14 Rating: 8 out of 10
I first saw this in about 1975 on normal TV, I was about 7yrs old and a Hammer film fanatic, still am. I managed to get it from the USA about 2 years ago and 'The Night Stalker' still stands up well. A powerful guy snatching girls at nightfall with eyes of the devil and the power of 20 men, only Kolchak (Darren McGavin) has the nerve or general nosiness of a reporter to check it out. When he finally tracks the vampire down he wishes he hadn't because he is genuinely frightened and no one believes there is a vampire loose anyway. Supported by his gorgeous accomplice (Carol Lynley) Kolchak gets his man/thing in the end.
The Night Strangler story is a little weaker about a 120yr man living in a city below the streets who again is snatching girls. The similarity with this and the X-files is the episode of 'Toombs' in the modern series. The Night Strangler & Toombs or even 'IT' from Stephen King, appear every 20-30yrs to regenerate themselves to look young again by killing or feeding off humans to survive. The Night Strangler is played by 'Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman from Six Million Dollar Man)' there is also a rare appearance from a now old lady who played the 'wicked witch in the Wizard Of Oz' she plays an expert in the library who traces all the old records of previous similar crimes. All in all these are well worth a watch all over again !!!
reasonable T.V yarn.
Review date: 2006-06-20 Rating: 8 out of 10
a good t.v feature-length episode that led to a brief series.
darren mcgavin is good as a modern-day van helsing, investigating a spate of bizarre deaths at the hands of a vampire who stalks los angeles.
haven't yet seen the other long episode on this dvd.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Simon Oakland
Jo Ann Pflug
Carol Lynley
Ralph Meeker
Darren McGavin
Creators:
Darren McGavin (Primary Contributor)
Carol Lynley (Primary Contributor)
Michel Hugo (Cinematographer)
Dan Curtis (Producer)
Robert Singer (Producer)
Jeffrey Grant Rice (Writer)
Max Hodge (Writer)
Richard Matheson (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: MGM
Manufacturer: MGM
EAN: 9780792861416
Binding: DVD
ISBN: 0792861418
Number of items: 2
Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC,
Release date: 2004-08-24
Universal product code (UPC): 027616909152
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 164 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1972-01-11
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)