Halloween Knight 

Bonnie has just moved into a new apartment. Next door a rowdy party is going on two days before Halloween. She appears to witness a woman being strangled by someone wearing a gorilla ... See full summary »

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Writers:

Glen A. Larson (created by), Bill Nuss

Stars:

David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Patricia McPherson

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Hasselhoff	...	Michael Knight
Edward Mulhare	...	Devon Miles
Patricia McPherson	...	Bonnie Barstow
John Calvin	...	Simon
Taaffe O'Connell	...	Denise Reynolds
Jason Evers	...	Edward Grant
Kurt Paul	...	Norman Baines
Dallas Cole	...	Esmeralda
Linda Alberici	...	Linda
Jim Gatherum	...	Teenage Boy
Gillian Grant	...	Teenage Girl

Storyline

Bonnie has just moved into a new apartment. Next door a rowdy party is going on two days before Halloween. She appears to witness a woman being strangled by someone wearing a gorilla costume but passes out. When Bonnie calls in help from the Foundation, at first it all seems to have been a fever induced hallucination on her part. Is it all in her mind or will Bonnie be the next victim come Halloween?

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Plot Keywords:

halloween episode | halloween | apartment | flowerpot dropped on head | drive in theater | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 1984 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A character can be seen wearing a Silver Shamrock Jackolantern mask from Halloween 3 Season of the Witch.

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Goofs

The drive-in cinema scene takes place at night, yet when K.I.T.T. turbo-boots through the movie screen, the "undercarriage" shot shows bright blue sky.

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Quotes

Esmeralda: [talking to her black cat, in pretend preparation to put a curse on Michael] Come, Voodoo... we must take our newts out of the oven.
K.I.T.T.: If you ask me, Michael, she has newts in her BELFRY!
Michael Knight: Let's hope they STAY there.

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Connections

References Rear Window (1954)

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Soundtracks

Psycho (The Murder)
Written by Bernard Herrmann (uncredited)

User Reviews

Boo!

A completely offbeat Halloween episode, to be sure, this opens with a curious promise that the latter half doesn't quite match. A gorilla suit, a murder, and Bonnie searing it really happened, the case puts Michael's sleuthing skills to work. The solution to the crime rests with some technological trickery (surely futuristic for '84) and culminates in a loving "Psycho" homage. After that, it's your standard K.I.T.T. car chase, one good stunt and the bad guy goes down. It felt like the second half, which really embraces the holiday, skewed way too far into silly.

6/10