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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1974)
TV Series | Horror | Mystery | Television | Thriller
USA | English | Color | 16:30
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
025192369100
| 6 discs
Region 1

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. These movies proved popular enough that they were spun off into a series, which placed Kolchak in Chicago with the Independent News Service. Each week for 20 weeks he investigated various supernatural and supranatural creatures, ranging from aliens to vampires to Aztec sacrificial cults. Although it only lasted one season on ABC, Kolchak has remained a cult favorite and been kept alive through the efforts of creator Jeffrey Grant Rice, Mark Dawidziak, and the folks at Moonstone Comics, who have two Kolchak comics going (see Links). There's an anthology of Kolchak stories coming out this year and discussion of a new Night Stalker (2005) series produced by The X-Files's Frank Spotnitz for ABC.


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1 The Ripper 52 min | Sep 13, 1974

Carl may be up against the original Jack the Ripper, a black-caped, bullet-resistant, super-human killer of women.

2 The Zombie 51 min | Sep 20, 1974

An old Haitian woman uses voodoo to resurrect her dead grandson to kill the mobsters who murdered him, as well as those like Kolchak who would interfere with her revenge.

3 They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be... 52 min | Sep 27, 1974

Kolchak connects a string of bizarre thefts committed by a powerful invisible entity that targets metal deposits to a string of suspicious animal and human deaths connected by the fact that the victims' bone marrow is missing.

4 The Vampire 52 min | Oct 04, 1974

Sent to L.A. to interview a controversial guru, Kolchak's more interested in tracking down and stopping an extremely vicious female vampire.

5 The Werewolf 51 min | Nov 01, 1974

Kolchak's assigned to interview singles aboard a cruise ship, but finds there's some kind of wolf creature killing passengers during the full moon.

6 Firefall 51 min | Nov 08, 1974

The evil spirit of a murdered arsonist who loved classical music is somehow incinerating his former enemies, while simultaneously trying to take to life again.

7 The Devil's Platform 52 min | Nov 15, 1974

A promising young politician has made a deal with the Devil to gain the ability to kill those running against him in ways made to look like accidents.

8 Bad Medicine 52 min | Nov 29, 1974

A creature which takes animal forms and uses its hypnotic eyes to incapacitate and kill wealthy matrons is stalking Chicago.

9 The Spanish Moss Murders 52 min | Dec 06, 1974

A research experiment in dream deprivation produces a corporeal Cajun boogeyman covered in Spanish moss.

10 The Energy Eater 52 min | Dec 13, 1974

Carl discovers that a restless spirit known as Matchemonedo, is killing the patients of a new hospital which is being built over its resting place.

11 Horror in the Heights 51 min | Dec 20, 1974

Residents of the Roosevelt Heights neighborhood are being caught off guard, and killed, by a demon with the ability to appear as a person they know and trust.

12 Mr. R.I.N.G. 51 min | Jan 10, 1975

Kolchak investigates a US military developed weapon called R.I.N.G; a robot which uses deadly force to defend itself against those who would harm it.

13 Primal Scream 50 min | Jan 17, 1975

Ancient cells discovered in the arctic give rise to a carnivorous lifeform, and a cover-up.

14 The Trevi Collection 50 min | Jan 24, 1975

Kolchak finds a witch in the fashion industry, who's maiming and killing her competitors.

15 Chopper 51 min | Jan 31, 1975

Land development disturbs the final resting place of a headless, sword-wielding cyclist who hunts down and beheads the rival gang bikers who killed him.

16 Demon in Lace 51 min | Feb 07, 1975

A succubus takes over the bodies of recently deceased young women so it can seduce and kill young college students.

17 Legacy of Terror 50 min | Feb 14, 1975

Reporter Carl Kolchak investigates Chicago citizens having their hearts cut out by Aztecs.

18 The Knightly Murders 50 min | Mar 07, 1975

Plans to turn a failing medieval museum into a party center animates the bewitched black armor of an infamously misanthropic knight.

19 The Youth Killer 51 min | Mar 14, 1975

Kolchak (Darren McGavin) discovers a very attractive woman (Cathy Lee Crosby), who maintains her youth and beauty by sacrificing young men and women to ancient Greek gods.

20 The Sentry 50 min | Mar 28, 1975

Kolchak tries to find some kind of reptilian monster that has been killing construction workers after they open a new tunnel, nearly 2 miles underground.

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Added Date Dec 26, 2020 15:31:45
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Edition details

Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
Distributor Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Oct 11, 2016

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