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The Night Stalker is an American made for television horror film which aired on ABC on January 11, 1972, as their ABC Movie of the Week. In the film, an investigative reporter, played by Darren McGavin, comes to suspect that a serial killer in the Las Vegas area is actually a vampire.
Jan 11, 1972 · The Night Stalker: Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. With Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker. An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
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- Horror, Mystery
- John Llewellyn Moxey
- 1972-01-11
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1972. Location. Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. Technical Specs. Duration. 2h. Synopsis. A flip, down-on-his-luck newspaper reporter stumbles across a modern-day vampire who is murdering Las Vegas showgirls, but he cannot convince his own editor, let alone the police, of the identity of the crazed maniac.
- John Llewellyn Moxey
- Darren Mcgavin
Plot. The Night Stalker. Jump to Edit. Summaries. An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire. Carl Kolchak is a newspaper reporter with an abrasive personality that has gotten him fired ten times from various big-city papers.
Novel. Richard Matheson. Teleplay. Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.
On the night of January 11 1972, millions of Americans sat down in front of the dim glow of their TV sets tuning in to their local ABC channel, taking part in TV history watching The Night Stalker, a made-for-television film that would cause a sensation leading to a sequel movie and a TV series.
