Story Line
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.
“A real horror story…”
Top Cast
Darren McGavin
Carl Kolchak
Carol Lynley
Gail Foster
Simon Oakland
Tony Vincenzo
Ralph Meeker
Bernie Jenks
Claude Akins
Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
Charles McGraw
Police Chief Ed Masterson
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Rating
6.9/ 10
Release Date
1972-01-11
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
MysteryHorrorThrillerTV Movie
Part of the Series
The Kolchak Collection
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
7/10
•7/25/2015Judge for yourself its believability and then try to tell yourself, wherever you may be, it couldn't happen here.
Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) is a cynical and brusk Los Angeles newspaper reporter who comes to believe the activities of a serial k...
Wuchak
8/10
•4/25/2018A formidable vampire is on the loose in Las Vegas
RELEASED TO TV IN EARLY 1972 and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, "The Night Stalker" chronicles events in Las Vegas when the bodies of several young women are found drained of blood. Intrepid rep...
whitsbrain
9/10
•1/30/2024This is a nicely done TV thriller. It's campy but has a dark mood that I enjoyed. The "Night Stalker" himself got quite a bit of screen time; he wasn't hidden in the shadows too much.
There are a couple of short but good action sequences where the...