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The Night Flier

  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
11K
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The Night Flier (1997)
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A reporter is on the trail of a vampiric murderer who travels by plane.A reporter is on the trail of a vampiric murderer who travels by plane.A reporter is on the trail of a vampiric murderer who travels by plane.

  • Director
    • Mark Pavia
  • Writers
    • Stephen King
    • Mark Pavia
    • Jack O'Donnell
  • Stars
    • Miguel Ferrer
    • Julie Entwisle
    • Dan Monahan
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mark Pavia
    • Writers
      • Stephen King
      • Mark Pavia
      • Jack O'Donnell
    • Stars
      • Miguel Ferrer
      • Julie Entwisle
      • Dan Monahan
    • 101User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 36Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Miguel Ferrer and Michael H. Moss in The Night Flier (1997)
    A stormy night
    Miguel Ferrer as Richard Dees
    Richard, Katharine & Merton
    Miguel Ferrer as Richard Dees
    Stephen King
    1 sheet movie poster app. 27" x 40"
    Michael H. Moss in The Night Flier (1997)
    Michael H. Moss in The Night Flier (1997)
    Michael H. Moss in The Night Flier (1997)
    Michael H. Moss in The Night Flier (1997)
    Michael H. Moss in The Night Flier (1997)

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    Miguel Ferrer
    Miguel Ferrer
    • Richard Dees
    Julie Entwisle
    • Katherine Blair
    Dan Monahan
    Dan Monahan
    • Merton Morrison
    Michael H. Moss
    Michael H. Moss
    • Dwight Renfield
    John Bennes
    • Ezra Hannon
    Beverly Skinner
    • Selida McCamon
    Rob Wilds
    • Buck Kendall
    Richard K. Olsen
    Richard K. Olsen
    • Claire Bowie
    • (as Richard Olsen)
    Elizabeth McCormick
    • Ellen Sarch
    J.R. Rodriguez
    J.R. Rodriguez
    • Terminal Cop #1
    Robert Leon Casey
    Robert Leon Casey
    • Terminal Cop #2
    • (as Bob Casey)
    Ashton Stewart
    • Nate Wilson
    William Neely
    • Ray Sarch
    Windy Wenderlich
    • Henry Gates
    General Fermon Judd Jr.
    General Fermon Judd Jr.
    • Policeman
    Korbi Dean
    Korbi Dean
    • Linda Ross
    • (as Deann Korbutt)
    Rachel Lewis
    • Libby Grant
    Kristen Leigh
    • Dottie Walsh
    • Director
      • Mark Pavia
    • Writers
      • Stephen King
      • Mark Pavia
      • Jack O'Donnell
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In the scene where Katherine is looking at all of Richard's bylines, the framed copies of "Inside View" contain many references to other stories by Stephen King: "Springhill Jack Strikes Again!" (Strawberry Spring), "Headless Lamaze Leads To Successful Birth!" (The Breathing Method), "Kiddie Cultists in Kansas Worship Creepy Voodoo God!" (Children of the Corn), "Satanic Shopkeeper Sells Gory Goodies!" (Needful Things), "Naked Demons Levelled My Lawn!" (The Lawnmower Man) and "The Ultimate Killer Diet! Gypsy Curse Flays Fat Lawyer's Flesh" (Thinner).
    • Goofs
      Richard is leaving a small rural airport when he swerves to avoid hitting an oncoming pickup truck. As he does this you hear the squealing tires but he is driving on a dirt road.
    • Quotes

      Richard Dees: Never believe what you publish, and never publish what you believe

    • Alternate versions
      The U.K. DVD includes a few more seconds of gore in the massacre sequence at the end. 1) The camera pans over the corpses on the floor a second time (right to left), and we get a closer shot of a black man, cut in half. The reporter stops and takes a photo of this. He then looks to his right, before proceeding further into the room. Duration: Approx. 18 seconds. Now, this is how the scene plays in the US cut: After the reporter enters the building, the camera pans over the corpses scattered on the floor, from left to right. After that the film cuts to a close up shot of the reporter holding his flash light and looking around. Instead of the insert mentioned above however, the US cuts directly to the next two corpses on the floor (a woman with a neck wound). 2) A close up shot of Dees holding his flashlight and looking around is longer in this cut (after he walks away from the woman with the neck wound and the other corpse). In the US cut we see him look straight ahead and then the film cuts directly to the dead woman at the counter. However, the US disc omits the following: Dees looks to his left and there are three quick shots of a severed head on the floor. He walks further and looks down, and there's a severed arm there. The camera pans up from the arm and shows some more of the interiors in a wide shot. Duration: 14 seconds 3) Before the night flier feeds Dees his blood, there is a longer gore scene: The shot showing him cutting his arm open with his long nail has more spurting blood and lasts longer. Also, the camera pans / tilts from the wound and up to the Night flier's face. In other words: A one shot with a camera pan / tilt. The US cut on the other hand uses an alternate shot / take from a different angel, to make the scene less explicit. First we see the first second of the cutting & blood flow in a large close up, and then the US cuts to a front shot of the vampire finishing the cutting. Around 2 seconds of gore missing here. 4) The exploding head in the black and white sequence is longer.
    • Connections
      Features Killer Crocodile (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Red
      Performed by Sister Machine Gun

      Written by Chris Randall

      Published by KMFDM Ent. (BMI)

      Courtesy of Wax Trax! Records / TVT Records

    User reviews101

    Review
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    Featured review
    A great adaption of a great Stephen King story
    This movie, unlike almost every other movie made from a Stephen King story, is awesome. Ferrer is perfect for the role of somewhat coldhearted tabloid reporter, Dees, and he makes the movie work in the end. There are a few cheesy things about the movie, the look of the vampire being the biggest, but it's easy to look past these little things and see the movie as it is. It's creepy and it's entertaining. I have watched this movie a number of times, and I still get excited to see it coming on cinemax or HBO or whatever.

    The film's look is really done well, a lot of darkness adds to the overall feel. The places used to shoot the different airports are awesome as well, great small town look, where things like this might happen, and no one would even know. I love the movie, and I think it's probably the best King adaption yet. By the way, the word can either be adaption or adaptation...just in case anyone was wondering of my use of the word.:) 9/10
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    • Jun 3, 2001

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 6, 1998 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Italy
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stephen King's The Night Flier
    • Filming locations
      • Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • New Amsterdam Entertainment
      • Stardust International
      • Medusa Film
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $125,397
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $91,549
      • Feb 8, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $125,397
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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