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 | costume | costume party | reference to boy george | reference to john delorean | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, Michael and Bonnie discovered Linda's body in a pit hidden beneath the porch of the Psycho House.

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Goofs

Bonnie claims that the now-empty apartment was furnished (she even describes specific details, such as wall-hangings, a lamp, etc.), yet she had an extremely "narrow" view from a great distance and through two sets of windows that merely showed the gorilla-suited guy and the lady he was roughing up, so there were virtually no other details of the apartment's "surroundings" visible. Bonnie also says that the woman "knocked over a lamp as she fell", yet no lamp or other objects are visible through the windows as the lady falls over.

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Quotes

Michael Knight: [to Grant] You know, some way your illusions are a lot more convincing than you are...
[moves towards exit, turns round]
Michael Knight: But I got some special effects of my own, like making you disappear for twenty years, man!

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Connections

References It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)

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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

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

Greek 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 Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1