The Night Strangler (TV 1973) 7.4
A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood. Director:Dan Curtis |
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The Night Strangler (TV 1973) 7.4
A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood. Director:Dan Curtis |
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| Darren McGavin | ... | ||
| Jo Ann Pflug | ... |
Louise Harper
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Scott Brady | ... |
Capt. Schubert
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| Wally Cox | ... |
Mr. Berry
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| Margaret Hamilton | ... |
Prof. Crabwell
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| John Carradine | ... |
Llewellyn Crossbinder
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| Al Lewis | ... |
Tramp
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Nina Wayne | ... | |
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Virginia Peters | ... |
Wilma Krankheimer
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Kate Murtagh | ... |
Janie Watkins
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Ivor Francis | ... |
Dr. Webb
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Diane Shalet | ... |
Joyce Gabriel
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Anne Randall | ... |
Policewoman Sheila
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Francoise Birnheim | ... |
Restaurant Woman
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Reporter Carl Kolchak is now in Seattle, Wahington, trying to solve the mystery of several strangulations that recur every few years where the victims are drained of blood in this second made for TV pilot. Written by Humberto Amador
Having seen this movie when it originally appeared on TV in the '70's, I can still remember the chills I got watching it. Seeing it again on video recently, those old chills returned and were just as enjoyable. Kolchak is one of my all-time favorite heroes, a bumbling regular guy who has enough faith in himself to follow his beliefs despite the road blocks thrown in his path by the authorities, who believe only they know the right way. The villain is not your run of the mill monster but as evil, lurking and despicable as the best of them. The premise of the movie that these things can and do exist unbeknownst to the gullible public is what makes this movie so much fun to watch. It makes you want to pull your covers up over your head on a dark stormy night just the way a great horror film should.