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Title: The Night Stalker (TV Movie 1972)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Darren McGavin | ... | Carl Kolchak | |
| Carol Lynley | ... | Gail Foster | |
| Simon Oakland | ... | Vincenzo | |
| Ralph Meeker | ... | Bernie Jenks | |
| Claude Akins | ... | Sheriff Butcher | |
| Charles McGraw | ... | Chief Masterson | |
| Kent Smith | ... | D.A. Paine | |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | ... | Mickey Crawford | |
| Stanley Adams | ... | Fred Hurley | |
| Larry Linville | ... | Makurji | |
| Jordan Rhodes | ... | Dr. O'Brien | |
| Barry Atwater | ... | Janos Skorzeny | |
Carl Kolchak is a newspaper reporter with an abrasive personality that has gotten him fired ten times from various big-city papers. Now he's reduced to reporting for a relatively small-time paper in Las Vegas. It's here he gets the story of his life. But will the local sheriff, or the D.A., or even his own boss, let him print it? He has an ally in the FBI agent brought in to investigate this strange case. It seems someone is biting the necks of young girls and draining their blood. Can this killer with supernormal powers really be a 70-year-old Romanian millionaire? Can he really be a vampire? And can an aging reporter do anything to stop him? Written by J. Spurlin
Richard Matheson has scripted some of the finest fantasy to ever grace the screen (big and small) and this one, based on the then-unpublished novel by Jeff Rice, took us all by surprise in 1972. I remember the feeling of unease that crept over me as the tale unfolded that night so long ago. I remember a pale man dressed in black, robbing bloodbanks, and the not-so-heroic reporter who dogged his trail, determined to find the truth of the matter, no matter what the cost. I was mesmerised. And greatly satisfied, on all counts. Try watching this one alone, at night, and you'll experience the sheer terror that only the best fright films can engender.