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	Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
		Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a television series that aired on ABC in 1974, about a newspaper reporter -- Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin -- who investigates crimes with mysterious and unlikely causes that the proper authorities won't accept.
		The series was preceded by two television movies, The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler, in which McGavin as Kolchak tracked down serial killers who turned out to be respectively a vampire and a 19th century alchemist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kolchak:_The_Night_Stalker (1641 words)

	Kolchak: The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler
		Stalker and Strangler were early '70s TV movies that preceded the short lived TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
		While there is some interesting background information on the films and the later Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series you have to listen to long boring stories told by an old man who hasn't had the chance to tell his long boring stories to anyone in a great while.
		Stalker: Hardboiled reporter Carl Kolchak is on the case of a vampire that's stalking downtown Las Vegas.
	www.horrortalk.com /reviews/Kolchak/kolchak.htm (1085 words)

	SCIFI.COM Kolchak: The Night Stalker
		The first movie, The Night Stalker, was the brainchild of legendary Twilight Zone scribe and author Richard Matheson, who co-wrote the teleplay with Kolchak series creator Jeff Rice.
		Kolchak: The Night Stalker is the story of Carl Kolchak, an investigative reporter for the Independent News Service in Chicago.
		Before Kolchak: The Night Stalker started its brief but cult-spawning single-season run, it debuted as a pair of made-for-television movies starring veteran Hollywood actor-producer Darren McGavin.
	www.scifi.com /kolchak/overview (376 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Night Stalker
		The gimmick here, or the conceit that distinguishes "Night Stalker" from others on the crime beat, is that Kolchak doesn't buy the cops' presentation of facts, usually figuring they are involved in a cover-up.
		Updating of ABC's 1974-75 Darrin McGavin skeinskein "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" is a scary piece of television.
		An inventive show with not particularly likable characters, "Night Stalker" appears bound for cult status -- the "Boomtown""Boomtown" of 2005.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117928346?categoryid=32 (623 words)

	The Night Stalker Companion: A 25th Anniversary Tribute
		Moonstone's second Kolchak: The Night Stalker graphic novel is based on an unproduced script for the show's never to be second season.
		The book is full of documentation and photos, not to mention it's documented confirmation of Kolchak: The Night Stalker television series' influence on Chris Carter's The X-Files.
		Darren McGavin reprises his role as Carl Kolchak in this sequel to "The Night Stalker," one of the most celebrated made-for-television movies of its day.
	www.freeglossary.com /p:0938817442 (526 words)

	Return of Carl Kolchak: Night Stalker & Paranormal Investigator
		Those are some of the startling facts reported in Mark Dawidziak's Night Stalker Companion, a chronicle of the rise and fall and afterlife of Carl Kolchak, hard-boiled paranormal reporter!
		While McGavin loved Carl Kolchak and The Night Stalker TV movie, he did not want to do a TV series -- he had a thriving career in TV movies.
		That is, 33.2% of homes had a TV tuned to The Night Stalker -- it doesn't mean every person in that household was viewing it.
	www.weeklyuniverse.com /2003/kolchak.htm (2224 words)

	Night Stalker TV Show - Night Stalker Television Show - TV.com
		Kolchak refuses to disclose a source in a story about a drug lord's death at the hands of a biker gang and the disappearance of a DEA agent who could shed light on the identity of Irene's killer, causing Agent Fain to return and investigate.
		Kolchak was originally two made-for-TV movies that aired in the early 70's, and featured the adventures of Carl Kolchak, a down-on-the heels reporter who ran afoul of a vampire in Las Vegas and...
		Another night to give it a chance, great actors, ABC show some class for once.
	www.tv.com /night-stalker-2005/show/33125/summary.html (518 words)

	Pomegranate Press - The Night Stalker
		This led to the ABC series, "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," which in turn inspired "The X-Files" creator Chris Carter, who widley credits the vintage 1974-75 program as the horror/science-fiction protoype for his hit series.
		The sucess of "The Night Stalker" led to a 1973 sequel movie, "The Night Strangler," produced and directed by Curtis.
		The book also details plans for a new big-screen remake of "The Night Stalker" to be directed by Curtis.
	www.pompress.com /titles/tv/nstalk.html (283 words)

	Gruesome Ratings Plague "Night Stalker" - Oct 04, 2005 - E! Online News
		Night Stalker is a new spin on The Night Stalker (also known as Kolchak: The Night Stalker), which itself was spinoff from a pair of TV movies.
		The original Night Stalker, which also aired on ABC, starred Darren McGavin as vampire-killing newsman Carl Kolchak.
		The new Night Stalker stars Stuart Townsend as the reporter with a suspicious mind worthy of Fox Mulder.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,17509,00.html?tnews (1056 words)

	ABC.com: 0506 Primetime - Night Stalker
		Carl Kolchak is the "Night Stalker," a newspaper reporter who investigates strange deaths and unexplained phenomena.
		Based on the cult favorite '70s classic, Night Stalker is an all-new mystery series starring Stuart Townsend (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), Gabrielle Union (The Honeymooners), Cotter Smith (X2) and Eric Jungmann (Not Another Teen Movie).
		He asks the questions that no one else will about the cases the police can't -- or won't -- solve.
	abc.go.com /primetime/schedule/2005-06/nightstalker.html (364 words)

	Darren and Kathie
		Perhaps people were viewing the newly released DVD set of the real NIGHT STALKER and didn't have any interest in seeing anyone else play Carl Kolchak but the great Darren McGavin....
		Kathie is probably best recognized for being Adam Cartwright's fiancé in four episodes of "Bonanza" during the 1963-64 season, but her most memorable part has to be that of Lieutenant Irene Lamont, the no-nonsense detective who slapped the handcuffs on Carl Kolchak in "Sentry," the last episode of NIGHT STALKER.
		Darren would like to thank all his fans for the tremendous outpouring of love he has received in recent days over the release of the NIGHT STALKER series on DVD and the tribute paid him by the producer of the new "Night Stalker" series.
	www.darrenmcgavin.net (1696 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1974)
		Although not as successful as THE NIGHT STALKER, THE NIGHT STRANGLER still had charm and chills to spare and was a big enough hit that ABC decided to try and bring the now beloved main character Carl Kolchak to viewers on a regular basis.
		The ABC network's made-for-television movie THE NIGHT STALKER, based on a novel by Jeff Rice and adapted by the legendary Richard Matheson, was a smash hit both artistically and commerically.
		Thus the short lived series "The Night Stalker" was born.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews/kolchak.html (854 words)

	Nightmares won't be a problem after watching 'Night Stalker'
		When "Night Stalker's" executive producer, Frank Spotnitz, decided to remake the '70s series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," he couldn't have known how many similarities his update would have to the television journalism we're seeing right now.
		It isn't unreasonable to hold "Night Stalker" up to that more recently deceased series rather than the old one; Spotnitz was an executive producer on "The X-Files" for eight years.
		"Night Stalker" arrives with a slew of expectations it simply cannot live up to, starting with what fans think it owes the original.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /tv/242573_tv29.html (977 words)

	Kolchak - The Night Stalker
		Kolchak: The Night Stalker only approached the shark towards the end of the series, which happened to last only one season, not because the series was running out of ideas, but because Darrin McGavin could no longer stand the behind-the-scenes tampering and politics.
		The pilot film, "The Night Stalker," produced by the great Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows fame, was one of the most suspenseful and engrossing horror films ever on television (or, for that matter, in the movies).
		The original made for tv movie "The Night Stalker" was aired in 1972 and ranks as the 5th highest rated made for TV Movie of all time.
	www.jumptheshark.com /k/kolchakthenightstalker.htm (8006 words)

	Night Stalker
		I'm thankful I was a part of KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER
		What a privilege it was to do the Night Stalker.
		What a giving special actor he is. If it hadn't been for Darren and Simon and their terrific interplay, the series couldn't have happened.
	home1.gte.net /cpq175yy/night_stalker.htm (148 words)

	Night Stalker
		It has been 30 years since "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" prowled at ABC, enough time to challenge anyone's memory.
		"Night Stalker" has a different slant on the world, and Union endows her character with many other qualities.
		That's probably for the best because in some ways "Night Stalker," as newly envisioned by Frank Spotnitz of "The X-Files" fame, differs markedly from the original.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001218413 (495 words)

	Bureau 42 Review: The Night Stalker
		The production drew top ratings (hey, there wasn’t much choice in ’72), and spawned three other tv movies and an occasionally witty series, Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-5) which presaged The X-Files, and is an acknowledged influence on that show.
		Both movies, The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler, are available here on DVD.
		The subsequent series (which holds a few gems) has recently been released on DVD.
	www.bureau42.com /view/2800 (559 words)

	Night Stalker: Pilot - TV Squad
		I remember watching the original Kolchak, The Night Stalker series in 1974-75.
		I was a bit disappointed in last night's first episode, but I'm willing to give it another try.
		But it's more X Files than Night Stalker.
	www.tvsquad.com /2005/09/29/night-stalker-pilot (1382 words)

	Kolchak - The Night Stalker @ Filmbug
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		Yes Carl Kolchak, a motley dressed, unkempt blowhard knows that the night is filled with ghosts, ghouls, vampires and the rest of the supposedly mythical beasts long since discarded by an enlightened age.
		I love the "Night Stalker" and "Night Strangler" movies, and promptly shelled out the necessary bucks when I finally found this box set on the shelf.
	www.filmbug.com /asin/B000ATQYWY (1312 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Night Stalker/The Night Strangler
		The Night Stalker is the story of Carl Kolchak (played by Darren McGavin), a formerly respectable reporter who fell on hard times and has ended up at a Las Vegas newspaper, searching for the one big story that will propel him back to the New york daily papers and the Big Time.
		Kolchak: The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler, November 17, 2004
		The Night Strangler takes place in Seattle (Kolchak moves there after the events of the first film) and he bumps into his old editor from the original movie, Anthony Vincenzo (played by the great Simon Oakland)and begs his way into another job.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6305095450/scifilm00-20 (1312 words)

	Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974).
		Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a television series that aired on ABC in 1974, about a newspaper reporter -- Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin -- who investigates crimes with mysterious and unlikely causes that the proper authorities won't accept or pursue.
		The series was preceded by two television movies, The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler, in which McGavin as Kolchak tracked down serial killers who turned out to be respectively a vampire and a 19th century alchemist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kolchak:_The_Night_Stalker (1674 words)

	"Night Stalker" (2005)
		Nevertheless, this "Night Stalker" does not have the jazzy music, the narration, the pacing or the comic patter -- in other words, the feel -- of the original.
		Those changes alone are enough to alienate a number of the "Night Stalker" faithful.
		It looks more like "The X Files" than "The Night Stalker".
	imdb.com /title/tt0460665 (1019 words)

	DVD REVIEW: NIGHT STALKER-NIGHT STRANGLER
		The lovely Jo Ann Pflug co-starred in "The Night Strangler" as the heroine, with Simon Oakland returning as Kolchak's former editor.
		First and foremost, it has to be said that "The Night Stalker" was and still is one of my dad's favorite shows of all time.
		Who could resist Darren McGavin as intrepid Las Vegas reporter Karl Kolchak, constantly butting heads with his editor (played by Simon Oakland) and things that go bump in the night.
	www.lightviews.com /nightstalker.htm (1019 words)

	Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV Show - Kolchak: The Night Stalker Television Show - TV.com
		Kolchak:The Night Stalker was far under appreciated and sadly limited to one season.
		Tell the world what you think of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
		Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV Show - Kolchak: The Night Stalker Television Show - TV.com
	www.tv.com /kolchak-the-night-stalker/show/2694/summary.html (395 words)

	DVD: Night Stalker/Night Strangler Double Feature, The
		In the first film of this double feature DVD, The Night Stalker, Kolchak looks into a series of bizarre unsolved murders in Las Vegas that lead him to believe a vampire is on the loose.
		These two made for TV movies were the foundation for the legendary 70's TV series Kolchak the Night Stalker that inspired Chris Carter to create the X Files.
		The second film, The Night Strangler, takes him to Seattle where he's on the trail of a 120 year old mad doctor in search of immortality.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/306/306415p1.html (395 words)

	Moviefone: Kolchak: The Night Stalker: The Werewolf Movie: MAIN
		Kolchak: The Night Stalker "The Werewolf", 1974, TV series...
		Moviefone: Kolchak: The Night Stalker: The Werewolf Movie: MAIN
		Synopsis: Aboard the luxury liner Hanover to cover the ship's final voyage and a concurrent convention of middle-aged swingers, reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) must convince an authoritarian captain a...
	movies.aol.com /movie/main.adp?mid=1217972 (255 words)

	Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV Show - Kolchak: The Night Stalker Television Show - TV.com
		Kolchak:The Night Stalker was chessy ontake on the paranormal back in the 70's.I remember it on CBS and not having a long shelf life.
		Kolchak was originally two made-for-TV movies that aired in the early 70's, and featured the adventures of Carl Kolchak, a down-on-the heels reporter who ran afoul of a vampire in Las Vegas and an alchemist in Seattle.
		The police don't believe they are the same persons, but Kolchak investigates and discovers that the head of the dating service is actually Helen of Troy, who sacrifices perfect young victims to Hecate, her patron goddess, in return for eternal youth and beauty.
	www.tv.com /kolchak-the-night-stalker/show/2694/summary.html (294 words)

	Fiction and Reality: The Kolchak Papers
		Night Stalking (1991), by Mark Dawidziak, updated as The Night Stalker Companion (1997), the history of Kolchak, the movies, TV series, and the men behind them, including Rice, Matheson, Darren McGavin, and Dan Curtis.
		Unfortunately, luck has never been with Carl Kolchak, so, after the sequel Night Strangler, our intrepid reporter was not seen again between the covers of a book for twenty years.
		On August 24, 2004, the made-for-TV movies The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler will be re-released on DVD by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
	www.geocities.com /laxaria/kolchak.html (294 words)

	Disney Movie Classics :: The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler (Double Feature)
		Disney Movie Classics - The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler (Double Feature)
		Disney Movie Classics :: The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler (Double Feature)
		In "Stalker", the two are in Las Vegas and become involved in a series of vampire murders; in "Strangler", the men have been chased out of town and meet up in Seattle where a very strong (dead) man is strangling young women and removing their blood!
	disney-movie-classics.hupsu.net /The_Night_Stalker_The_Night_Strangler_(Double_Feature)-B00026L7OU.html (294 words)

	The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler (MGM)
		In terms of the transfers of the two features, MGM's release of THE NIGHT STALKER/THE NIGHT STRANGLER is an improvement over the old Anchor Bay release.
		Kolchak's angle is that this night stalker may be a vampire, or at least someone who thinks he's one.
		When the character of Carl Kolchak--created by writer Jeff Rice--was brought to the small screen, it caused something of a fascination from television audiences of the 1970s.
	www.dvddrive-in.com /reviews/n-s/nightstalkerstrangler7273.htm (294 words)

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