Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Name: Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1974-09-13
Duration: 51 min
Rating: 8.60
Cast: Ruth McDevitt, Jack Grinnage, Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland

– Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975..

Type:

TVSeries

Rating:

8.60 / 10

Duration:

51 Minutes

Release Year:

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter—Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin—who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those that law enforcement authorities would not follow up. These often involved the supernatural or even science fiction, including fantastic creatures.

The series was preceded by two television movies, The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler. The series only lasted a single season, it remains popular in syndication; it is often cited as the inspiration for the popular series The X-Files. Following the success of The X-Files, the franchise was resurrected in 2005 in a second television series with a new cast and characters, as well as subsequent in novels and comic books.

The entire series is available in syndication and is occasionally rerun on the Sci-Fi Channel under an expanded title, Kolchak: The Night Stalker. In 2008, it was aired on Chiller. It is also available on DVD and streaming from Netflix.

Styles:

Gothic, Scary, Suspenseful, Serious, Mind Bending

Story Timeline:

1970s

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

Nevada, Las Vegas, Chicago Illinois, USA

Genre:

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) - Trailer

Release Date:

13 Sep 1974

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

TV-PG – Parental Guidance is recommended

This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children. Programs rated TV-PG may contain some material that parents or guardians may find inappropriate for younger children. Programs assigned a TV-PG rating may include some inappropriate language, very little sexual content, suggestive dialogue, and/or moderate violence.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Story Written By:

Jeffrey Grant Rice

Main Actors:

Ruth McDevitt, Jack Grinnage, Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland

Plot:

Carl Kolchak was a reporter for Chicago's Independent News Service, and a trouble magnet for situations involving the supernatural. Kolchak turned his investigative skills to vampires, werewolves, zombies and all manner of legendary creatures, but in the end he always failed to convince his skeptical editor, Tony Vincenzo, that the stories weren't products of Kolchak's own overworked imagination.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

8.5/10