love these films and t.v. series, darren mcgavin is pure class, barry atwater-one of the best vampires ever, the night strangler, what a story,brilliant, cannot be beaten.
I LOVED this show....back in the day i heard they took it off the air because it was too scary....ha! they had no idea what was to come...thanks for sharing
I loved "The Night Stalker" Series. The good old days!! I was so scared when i was younger. I would watch it over my aunts house. She lived next door to me. After the show was over i would run from her house to my house..lol. I lived in Brooklyn in 70's.
The Night Strangler is definitely my favorite "episode" (although it's actually the pilot movie) from Kolchak. I haven't seen this in awhile, but I used to watch it quite often when I was pretty young. My dad, who grew up with this series as a kid, let me watch Kolchak pretty much every Friday night when I was little. There's something about The Night Strangler that really intrigues me. It never gets old and it really scares me! Definitely a classic.
NEVER REALLY KNEW THAT MY FAVORITE AUTHOR TO DATE IS RICHARD MATHESON..! WROTE MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE NIGHT STALKER... TELEVISION SERIES... AWESOME! MY FAVORITE 4 EVER,,,,,,,,!!!!!!
Thanks naysgrace. The enthusiasm for these great shows will never wane. Excelsior! Keep up the GREAT uploads. You are starting a Night Stalker fan club.
If only they'd done the remake of "Kolchak" w/ the same caliber of actors & great writing/directing as the original, instead of trying to re-hash "X-Files".Unfortunately it was a waste of money & time. Thank you so very much for posting the ORIGINAL "Kolchak-Night Stalker". Darren McGavin rocked!!!!
Oh thanks for this! I have the flu, it's passed midnight and I can't sleep, the cable is out from a storm...What to do? This is a job for DARREN McGAVIN aka CARL KOLCHAK. No one knows better how to take care of a night gone bad...I feel better now. I owe you one, Naysgrace!
It aired back in 1973 on television. One year before the Night Stalker series became a reality. On DVD? Check your local library or any lesser known video store in your city that rents/sales on lesser known films or television classics like this sequel. Ask any retailer if they have it or/and make a request to buy a copy when it comes around.
The timing of Carl's last question with the captain's reaction - Hollywood is so dumbed down today that it wouldn't be able to be repeated. R.I.P. D.M. & S.B.. See Hollywood, there are two ACTORS!
@robertquentincobb Honestly I had no idea so many people loved Kolchak as much as I do! I think its awesome to find so many people that also enjoy Kolchak!
Has anybody noticed how the X Files episode SQUEEZE is an almost exact remake of the Night Strangler. try watching them back to back and you'll notice all the similarities, sometimes down to almost exact copies of whole scenes. this might seem farfetched, but not if you remember that chris carter has openly stated that the Night Stalker was a hugh influence on the X Files and and that Darren McGavin was even given a guest role in an episode as a tribute.
Chris Carter has said that he based his entire idea for The X Files on Kolchak. In fact The X Files Companion book's forward was written by Jeff Rice, who wrote the original novel The Kolchak Papers.
I was living in Seattle when this all happened. The entire city was terrified for those 18 days. It happened again in 1994 and April of 2015. The police are in on it and they swept it under the rug each time.
@tsrla yup. in a parallel universe, pal. sorry. actors, performers, entertainment folk, all lost their ability to "Collect" everytime a piece of their work get's played, the second something called, "The World Wide Interweb" was invented. get over it! lots of 'em make plenty anyway. it's really unbecoming for some of them to be 'cryin' over not getting paid" cause some flick they were in, 40 years ago, is playing in Syndication somewhere. Oh Please.......
so, from entire scene at beginning, the scared girl, alone, in the dark, in an alley, and she "actually see's" the dark figure behind the boxes... bolts up the alley, Cabby roars off, she's .."Still Alone, in the dark, nothings changed from a moment ago, but decides to just stop right there, in the street, take it easy, get out a smoke and light it ( as if..."whew! he's gone. i'm safe.) are you fucking kidding me? Lol! i know, i know, just a movie, but.it wouldn't happen this way
@tsrla didn't say "i decide what people make". just said, it's painfully obvious that when the Internet came along, it changed the game entirely. sorry your having trouble with that. File sharing is a reality, because, it's possible. those that wish to collect their earnings for a performance, shall have to do so, using another platform. hell, we still "buy" stuff off the internet, right? it's just that, i'm not going to go' "buy" the night stalker, when it's right here. for free.
The only fly in the ointment in these series is...why in hell would a young woman (always) be walking down a dark street, late at night, and ALONE. It is getting a bit preposterous. They could break in her apt. that would make more sense.
@tsrla . stealing intellectual property , thats rich , let me quess , 2nd year law student ? what drivel . cmon people ......................get lost dude
Simply put.Carl Kolchak is one of the greatest TV characters of all time.Kudos to Darren McGavin for a great performance.R.I.P.
Love JoAnn Pflug. Ex-wife of Chuck Woolery. She was great on Match Game and The $20,000 Pyramid and other 70's game shows !
love these films and t.v. series, darren mcgavin is pure class, barry atwater-one of the best vampires ever, the night strangler, what a story,brilliant, cannot be beaten.
I LOVED this show....back in the day i heard they took it off the air because it was too scary....ha! they had no idea what was to come...thanks for sharing
I loved "The Night Stalker" Series. The good old days!! I was so scared when i was younger. I would watch it over my aunts house. She lived next door to me. After the show was over i would run from her house to my house..lol. I lived in Brooklyn in 70's.
The Night Strangler is definitely my favorite "episode" (although it's actually the pilot movie) from Kolchak. I haven't seen this in awhile, but I used to watch it quite often when I was pretty young. My dad, who grew up with this series as a kid, let me watch Kolchak pretty much every Friday night when I was little. There's something about The Night Strangler that really intrigues me. It never gets old and it really scares me! Definitely a classic.
I love this show, one of my all time favorites!!
Somebody said that Kolchak was one of the greatest characters of all time. I agree.
Thanks a lot for posting this. It was a great show in its day.
This was a great show. Thanks for putting it on.
Thank god for Kolchak, next to the Dragons Domain and Dark shadows this was the scariest stuff on TV and I saw every one. Good old memory lane
NEVER REALLY KNEW THAT MY FAVORITE AUTHOR TO DATE IS RICHARD MATHESON..! WROTE MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE NIGHT STALKER... TELEVISION SERIES... AWESOME! MY FAVORITE 4 EVER,,,,,,,,!!!!!!
"She left the mainstream of life without making a ripple." Another great line
Thanks naysgrace. The enthusiasm for these great shows will never wane. Excelsior! Keep up the GREAT uploads. You are starting a Night Stalker fan club.
Thank-you very much. I forgot how great this show was.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!! HORROR - THE CIVIL WAR - HISTORIC OLD SEATTLE - Karl Kolchak and Mr. Fastbinder. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!
If only they'd done the remake of "Kolchak" w/ the same caliber of actors & great writing/directing as the original, instead of trying to re-hash "X-Files".Unfortunately it was a waste of money & time. Thank you so very much for posting the ORIGINAL "Kolchak-Night Stalker".
Darren McGavin rocked!!!!
KOLCHACK,ME AND HIM GREW UP TOGETHER LOVED THESE SHOWS SINCE I WAS A 8 YEAR OLD KID
This is, without a doubt, the BEST thriller ever made!
Seen practically all of Dan Curtis' work and all of the Night Stalker. Quite entertaining stuff, RIP Darren McGavin
Dan Curtis directed this?? Seen.. I am from England & in my mid 30s & ALWAYS enjoyed a bit of the darkly funny macrbe. This show gave it all...
I'm probably the only one who thinks so, but I like Kolchak "alone". Without a mate. Not that he doesn't deserve love :)
Thanks for all your uploads.
Oh thanks for this! I have the flu, it's passed midnight and I can't sleep, the cable is out from a storm...What to do? This is a job for DARREN McGAVIN aka CARL KOLCHAK. No one knows better how to take care of a night gone bad...I feel better now. I owe you one, Naysgrace!
I found this because I was watching a GOLDEN GIRLS episode (posted by THELANAI) and I'M THRILLED because I LOVE this show! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
It aired back in 1973 on television. One year before the Night Stalker series became a reality. On DVD? Check your local library or any lesser known video store in your city that rents/sales on lesser known films or television classics like this sequel. Ask any retailer if they have it or/and make a request to buy a copy when it comes around.
Luv all things "KOLCHAK " TY FOR SHARING
I like the music.
"Bilious grouch by disposition"-what a line!!
Thanks everyone for the nice comments, sorry I've been away for so long!
Wow Nina Wayne is the twin sister of Carol Wayne who was a regular on the Carson show. She died under mysterious circumstances.
love love LOVE THE DIALOGUE!!!!!!
Was first air in 1972 and is available in dvd just look at ebay with the title
Classic Television Drama. Yeah this is the flick. Been to Seattle WA three times within the last three years. Beautiful City.
Can you visit the underground like in this movie?
+CelestialWoodway Yes you can take a tour of the old Seattle Underground city
Great writing--just picked up on the fact Richard Matheson (a Twilight Zone writer) wrote this one. The TZ writers were the best.
The timing of Carl's last question with the captain's reaction - Hollywood is so dumbed down today that it wouldn't be able to be repeated. R.I.P. D.M. & S.B.. See Hollywood, there are two ACTORS!
@robertquentincobb
Honestly I had no idea so many people loved Kolchak as much as I do! I think its awesome to find so many people that also enjoy Kolchak!
Has anybody noticed how the X Files episode SQUEEZE is an almost exact remake of the Night Strangler. try watching them back to back and you'll notice all the similarities, sometimes down to almost exact copies of whole scenes. this might seem farfetched, but not if you remember that chris carter has openly stated that the Night Stalker was a hugh influence on the X Files and and that Darren McGavin was even given a guest role in an episode as a tribute.
Chris Carter has said that he based his entire idea for The X Files on Kolchak. In fact The X Files Companion book's forward was written by Jeff Rice, who wrote the original novel The Kolchak Papers.
Yeeees! Kolchak! Anyone know if the original is posted anywhere? Cheers naysgrace
saw a video at a used book store and shows the "Space Needle" as the Seattle background.
Kolchak was the greatest character ever created tv or movies
Thanks for posting this
Thanx for posting!
Yes Night Gallery had some awesome Episodes!
Im not the same without my KOLCHAK FIX daily! ! This movie is my favorite. .
Do u have the double feature movie? Night strangler / night stalker? ?
Thx great video !!
Last summer my daughter told me "UA-cam has EVERYTHING, mom" and I thought when we get a computer I'd check it out. I did and they do!
@tsrla Point taken... But this DVD is out of print and going for a mint on ebay. Is it all right for ebay hoarders to fleece us?
Joanne Pflug was such a cutie back then :)
@tsrla
They should run them on tv which would bring them money though sponsorship but evidently they don't. I am also a believer in file sharing.
"Wilma" looks like Kolchak's boss. :-P
Carl Kolchak is 1/3 the inspiration for karl Vincent in "Last Rites: The Return of Sebastian Vasilis"
Its a real pity that this and the first movie are not generally available, the TV series Box Set feels incomplete without them.
I thought I'd dreamed this as a little kid.
I was living in Seattle when this all happened. The entire city was
terrified for those 18 days. It happened again in 1994 and April of
2015. The police are in on it and they swept it under the rug each time.
The return of jack the ripper?
I love this show so much My videos next week Im going to put up Zombie!
Would love to see The Ripper. Anyone have that full episode?
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
D'oh! You have it...
@tsrla yup. in a parallel universe, pal. sorry. actors, performers, entertainment folk, all lost their ability to
"Collect" everytime a piece of their work get's played, the second something called, "The World Wide Interweb" was invented. get over it! lots of 'em make plenty anyway. it's really unbecoming for some of them to be 'cryin' over not getting paid" cause some flick they were in, 40 years ago, is playing in Syndication somewhere. Oh Please.......
Dan Curtis who Produced this passed away i believe a year or 2 ago
@tsrla
Your point is well taken and noted, but I am a believer in file sharing. Sorry.
I hate to sound naive, but I'm guessing those two women are...together?
so, from entire scene at beginning, the scared girl, alone, in the dark, in an alley, and she "actually see's" the dark figure behind the boxes...
bolts up the alley, Cabby roars off, she's .."Still Alone, in the dark, nothings changed from a moment ago, but decides to just stop right there, in the street, take it easy, get out a smoke and light it ( as if..."whew! he's gone. i'm safe.) are you fucking kidding me? Lol! i know, i know, just a movie, but.it wouldn't happen this way
@tsrla didn't say "i decide what people make". just said, it's painfully obvious that
when the Internet came along, it changed the game entirely. sorry your having trouble
with that. File sharing is a reality, because, it's possible. those that wish to collect
their earnings for a performance, shall have to do so, using another
platform. hell, we still "buy" stuff off the internet, right? it's just that, i'm not going to go'
"buy" the night stalker, when it's right here. for free.
The only fly in the ointment in these series is...why in hell would a young woman (always) be walking down a dark street, late at night, and ALONE. It is getting a bit
preposterous. They could break in her apt. that would make more sense.
@Cthulu54
I am glad you enjoyed the episode!!
@tegrimm
I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
People, don't mark comments as spam just because you disagree with them. Freedom of speech, remember? Diversity, remember?
@Irishflyboy255
Yea they are a couple.
Like the name quitiee
Why wasn't it?
Pmsl! Just watched film I'm a dinlo!
New Kolchak!
actually Tony Vincenzo is cantankerous
@tsrla Yeah, okay. And let me guess. I bet you voted for Obama, too.
@tsrla . stealing intellectual property , thats rich , let me quess , 2nd year law student ? what drivel . cmon people ......................get lost dude
simon oakland = otis sistrunk
Thanx for posting!
@tsrla
They should run them on tv which would bring them money though sponsorship but evidently they don't. I am also a believer in file sharing.