Primal Scream
- Episode aired Jan 17, 1975
- 50m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
434
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Ancient cells discovered in the arctic give rise to a carnivorous lifeform, and a cover-up.Ancient cells discovered in the arctic give rise to a carnivorous lifeform, and a cover-up.Ancient cells discovered in the arctic give rise to a carnivorous lifeform, and a cover-up.
Pat Harrington Jr.
- Thomas Kitzmiller
- (as Pat Harrington)
Katherine Woodville
- Dr. Helen Lynch
- (as Katharine Woodville)
Jeannie Bell
- Rosetta
- (as Jeanie Bell)
C. Lindsay Workman
- Dr. Fisk
- (as Lindsay Workman)
Craig R. Baxley
- Robert Gurney
- (uncredited)
Gary Baxley
- Humanoid
- (uncredited)
Paul Baxley
- Dr. Jules Copenik
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago was instrumental in the development of the atomic bombs that were used in WWII. The world's first controlled nuclear chain reaction took place there just before World War II.
- GoofsCarl makes a joke about drilling so far north that penguins would need thermal underwear. Penguins only live in the Southern hemisphere.
- Quotes
Ron Updyke: It seems some dangerous animals did escape, including two large apes, a pair of adult African gibbons, as well as a Malayan tiger, a civet cat, and a pie-cost.
Tony Vincenzo: What's a pie-cost?
Ron Updyke: 89 cents.
[chuckles]
- ConnectionsFeatures The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
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Kolchak: "Primal Scream"
PLOT: An oil-drilling company discovers ancient cells in the artic, which spontaneously multiply and give birth to an evolutionary ancestor, an ape-man, who's on the loose in Chicago and killing people.
COMMENTARY: As usual, this episode features a few familiar faces from the 70s: John Marley from "The Godfather" (the horsehead guy); Jamie Farr from M*A*S*H; Katherine Woodville from Star Trek's "For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky"; statuesque redhead Barbara Rhoades in a cameo as a secretary; and black cutie Jeannie Bell in another cameo as a victim of the pre-Neanderthal.
The climax in the cave-like tunnels under the site of the old Chicago stadium is effectually creepy, but it's overly reminiscent of the close of "The Spanish Moss Murders." "Primal Scream" is no better or worse than any other Kolchak episode, generally speaking, but the formulaic plotting of the series is now patently stale and it sucks the life out of the proceedings.
COMMENTARY: As usual, this episode features a few familiar faces from the 70s: John Marley from "The Godfather" (the horsehead guy); Jamie Farr from M*A*S*H; Katherine Woodville from Star Trek's "For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky"; statuesque redhead Barbara Rhoades in a cameo as a secretary; and black cutie Jeannie Bell in another cameo as a victim of the pre-Neanderthal.
The climax in the cave-like tunnels under the site of the old Chicago stadium is effectually creepy, but it's overly reminiscent of the close of "The Spanish Moss Murders." "Primal Scream" is no better or worse than any other Kolchak episode, generally speaking, but the formulaic plotting of the series is now patently stale and it sucks the life out of the proceedings.
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- Old Colony Building, 37 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60605, United States(INS office exterior in Chicago where elevated train passes by)
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