@@kimberlyowens5496 ditto, they just showed it a week ago on svengoolie, have a feeling the second one willl be on this week
@brikkijimАй бұрын
Soon to be 2025 and still watching
@TSC-hr7ir11 күн бұрын
01 January 2025
@alexcollins8124 күн бұрын
07-Jan-25
@GloxGlox-nl4cd Жыл бұрын
The 70's were quite the era.
@charlottewhyte98047 күн бұрын
yea I agree
@reneleclerc6119 Жыл бұрын
During the commercials, I had to pick up bread and milk at the closest convenience store. You should have seen me run going and returning.
@Mike-tl2yn19 сағат бұрын
Seen him in X Files; nice touch!
@albertogarcia716 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, if we were allowed by my mom, we would stay up on Friday nights to watch The Night Stalker with Mom and Dad. There were only 4 channels on TV. Well, 5, if you count PBS. PBS was great for mysteries on Sundays. Mobile Mystery Theater it was called on Sunday afternoons. Sponsored by Mobile Oil Corporation. Anyway, The Night Stalker was my favorite to watch on Friday nights. I still remember laying on the carpet and watching The Night Stalker. Mom would make popcorn on the stove with Crisco and we could smell the popcorn cooking. What a wonderful time to be a kid. Then on Saturday mornings, Cartoons! How beautiful we were back then. Mom, Dad, us kids, and our country. God!, how I miss it.
@marcyoverby38175 ай бұрын
LIFE WAS MUCH SIMPLER..WASN'T IT..SAME IN OUR HOUSE HOLD. ONE DAY A WEEK WAS TREAT NIGHT..WE LIVED IN APT..WITH A FIRE PLACE... ONLY HAVE IT ON WHEN DAD GOT IT GOING...AND VERY STRICT ABOUT THAT.. BUT THOSE WERE THE DAYS..AND WOULDN'T 🔥 HAVE CHANGED ONE THING ABOUT..
@SmittyLS3 ай бұрын
We had an extra channel in Detroit from Windsor, Canada. I watched original airing Kolchak when I was only nine. What were my parents thinking? 😀
@remmymafia38893 ай бұрын
great recall Albert. It was great to be a kid growing up for the most part in this country in the 50's, 60's and 70's. I personally grew up in Las Vegas (b 1955) when the valley had 75k people living there. It was a trip living literally on the Strip (mid), as I did at times from 12yrs old to 18, as my parents were divorced, and my father lived in a few different apartments on the famed road, or just off it. We had, like you noted here with your experience growing up, only five channels. (if you counted the newly available PBS channel c1968) Where did you grow up?
@MetalRaven1982Ай бұрын
You just rolled it all up as my life in a nutshell 😂 Too cool…. We ROCK🤘🏼
@Joyce-zl4qd17 сағат бұрын
Make America Great Again
@tmsmylemk955011 ай бұрын
Great show , great times , wonderful days of hanging out with friends , no internet, no mobile phones , only home made fun .
@randyjohnson54263 ай бұрын
Spot on post!! I miss those days.
@remmymafia38893 ай бұрын
This ABC Movie of The Week received wide viewing back in 1972, partly because it was on a school night, which made for it to be viewed by teenagers, who if it was on a weekend night, it wouldn't have had nearly the viewership numbers that it did. Because of this dynamic, the later tv series really an advantage with these viewers from this original telecast in '72, such as myself.
@VernonRhem2 ай бұрын
Amen
@Eric-yz2mp22 күн бұрын
Yes
@DebbieW19656 күн бұрын
AMEN!!! ❤
@GarandLuvr Жыл бұрын
Whoever chose Darrin McGavin to play Kolchak was a genius! 😊😊
@robertyoung2279 Жыл бұрын
I think its his story telling.
@lordeden2732 Жыл бұрын
Any male actor cast first would have made the part his. You would be saying that of anybody playing the part.
@robertyoung2279 Жыл бұрын
I think I smell a TROLL!! .....PS with pimples
@lindaarrington9397 Жыл бұрын
Agree😊
@shadowbear66 Жыл бұрын
Or just good at their job.
@JC-om4wd10 ай бұрын
Awesome. When TV was quality. Never will be the same. Thanks for sharing.
@pallen49 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid ( 9 years old in 72 ), see and hear the intro for 'movie of the week' I know it was gonna be good and exciting...Gosh how I so miss those times..
@craigbrown89849 ай бұрын
Same here I remember. 😊
@lordtimothymichel86777 ай бұрын
Yeah. me too
@janetmariededick60616 ай бұрын
Same here. So grateful to have grown up in the 60’ and 70’s! Best of times.
@gilliankingston82596 ай бұрын
I remember the Mystery Movie Theme the same way, Alias Smith and Jones and so many more - many of which we watched as a Family (especially comedies and variety shows) - I don't know if that even happens any more. Two favourites I watched with my daughters were the original "Life on Mars" and "CSI New York"
@ApothecaryGrant6 ай бұрын
I really believe we have too many choices for anything to seem special now
@imlurking-9103 Жыл бұрын
Kolchak the Night Stalker was way ahead of it's time. Entertainment at it's finest.
@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын
Only decades later did I realize how prominently Blacks and women were utilized thruout the series. The writers and producers were waaaay ahead of their time...and Hollywood's all the better for it! Thanks 👍
@stephenstone8480 Жыл бұрын
The precursor to The X-Files...
@donarthiazi2443 Жыл бұрын
@@berniemac3 What's your point? Despite your witty attempt at sarcasm, you make no sense at all. 🙄
@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын
@@donarthiazi2443 Sorry, no sarcasm intended. Just an unsolicited observation that the series was portraying 1973 with black people and women in positions of authority before it became ' de rigueur'. Hope you feel better 😀
@dianabeurman364 Жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY
@strellasmith7776 жыл бұрын
This story was good for it's time, but honestly Darren McGavin makes the movie. He absolutely carries it. Such charisma and charm! I can't imagine it without him!
@reyybarra390 Жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that kojak, telly savales was up for the role@!!
@marilyndargis2845 Жыл бұрын
A Christmas story ! Great acting and plot m
@ApothecaryGrant Жыл бұрын
I think Brian Cranston could do it .
@josephperkins4857 Жыл бұрын
@@ApothecaryGrant the need me to play the role cause I could be just as contrary
@roringusanda2837 Жыл бұрын
I love the old black and white Sherlock Holmes series with Ronald Howard (son of Leslie Howard, GWTW Ashley Wilkes) and he reminded so much of someone, and I was trying to think who, then it hit me, Darrin MacGavin! The both have an inmate likability.
@michaelb9529 Жыл бұрын
Darren McGavin was great in everything he did RIP
@silverlaptop2022 Жыл бұрын
What was the name of the Lone Ranger's nephew's horse 😂
@bovnycccoperalover3579 Жыл бұрын
Victor!😂😂😂
@vld7850 Жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY AGREE!
@natureboy1313 Жыл бұрын
McGavin did another made for tv movie in 1970. "The Challenge" it is also on KZbin
@charlesbrowning97484 ай бұрын
@@natureboy1313 don't forget a Christmas story
@Ckom-Tunes Жыл бұрын
Imagine going back to 1972 when this was produced. You’d sit with your family waiting for it to be broadcast. There were only three television channels, you couldn’t record it for later because home VCRs weren’t available, everyone gave the TV their rapt attention, there were telephones but it was stuck on a wall 60 feet away in the kitchen (nobody bothered to call during prime time anyway) and it was GLORIOUS! After the scary movie your mom gave you a cookie and a glass of milk and sent you to bed. Dad watched the news and the house was shut down by 11:30. It couldn’t have been any better!
@michellehill4148 Жыл бұрын
I remember very well. I guess I was lucky because we had at least 10 channels but we lived near Toronto Ontario and got tv stations from Buffalo as well as other cities close by.
@FeguerFineArt Жыл бұрын
@@michellehill4148 Not stations, Networks. ABC, CBC, NBC, and PBS, and that was it.
@mikebeesley5458 Жыл бұрын
The news then Jonny Carson o ya..😊
@cynthiasicurella4264 Жыл бұрын
@@michellehill4148 Greetings neighbor! From Buffalo NY! The Night Stalker was the best!! 👍👍👍
@Chris-ov1et Жыл бұрын
I miss it.
@AndrewMOJObook Жыл бұрын
"high on pot or the hard stuff" Classic! _________ (poor dog!) It is worth watching just for the nostalgia of seeing those cars, filing cabinets, clunky telephones, and typewriters. I didn't even know I missed them. Except for the cars. I knew I missed them.
@natureboy13138 ай бұрын
What a classic line that was.
@patrickschabel39556 ай бұрын
I love that line😊
@aimeereal5122 Жыл бұрын
I am 59, thank you so much for turning me into an eight year old girl again. I loved the movies of the week, the night stalker series and Darren McGavin. Ahhh when TV was magical.
@Oldceltic-vy4ev8 ай бұрын
Same here. But a dude. lol.
@julie53108 ай бұрын
Me too!
@Maggie-rr8gi8 ай бұрын
Same with the Christmas Story. Great actor.
@dineoutdeliveries8 ай бұрын
Same here
@Tabatha-x9o5 ай бұрын
Am 58 next wen, a this took me back to love it.😊
@callwyse10 ай бұрын
5:43 am, here in Massachusetts, and I am loving this start to my day ! Nothing better than Kolchak.
@lylux4985 Жыл бұрын
Wrote about this movie in my Diary. All the kids at school were talking about "The Night Stalker." the next day after it aired. Amazing to see Las Vegas, in it's young days.❤
@EM-lz9kg2 жыл бұрын
Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. The series followed wire service reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those involving the supernatural or science fiction, including fantastic creatures. The series was preceded by the two television movies, The Night Stalker (1972) and The Night Strangler (1973). Although the series lasted only a single season, it rapidly achieved cult status and has remained very popular in syndication.
@roringusanda2837 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching one episode where he was seeing the lips of a Zombie shut, what episode or movie title was that one in?? My mom and me both agreed it was the scariest thing we'd ever seen!
@maryriehm4752 Жыл бұрын
This was the early. X FILES
@KaylaBuhdayla Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Pamela.B Жыл бұрын
This episode was filmed in 1971.
@AGalahcalledSammi Жыл бұрын
Best show in history. 🫡
@jamesgrant9858 Жыл бұрын
I was 12 years old and watched it with my Father. Love you Dad
@melindalemmon21496 ай бұрын
ME TOO
@dragonflyparade81434 күн бұрын
Me as well. xx
@warrenbates2949 Жыл бұрын
I'm 67 ,I remember watching this episode in 72 when I was 16 came on Friday nights loved Kolchack.
@benjaminburch27545 жыл бұрын
Back in the good old days, When you watched TV with the family.
@billblake96657 ай бұрын
My parents let me watch both movies but they covered my eyes at points....even though it scared the hell out of me i loved it!!!! When the show started they let my big brother and myself watch them alone.....I was almost 8 when the show started and i loved it more than ever!!!! Monday morning in school all of us brave boys who watched would excitedly discuss things like headless motorcycle riders and 8ft tall native american spellcasters.........werewolves and zombies... aliens vampires jack the ripper.......Louisiana swamp monsters....monsters that looked like those you trusted most......i watch metv every saturday night at midnight....50 years later I still love watching it being broadcast and I hope there are youngsters today who find it as cool and engaging as i did at that tender age.....may the legend of the man called kolchack live on!
@gregorytyse9317 Жыл бұрын
i was a youngin' of 12yrs old when i saw this show and i absolutely loved it lol!!!!
@Tsiri097 ай бұрын
I remember the two movies when I was in high school, plus the series we never missed. No cell phones, computers, ipads or any other technology. No cable tv, no vcrs yet either. You watched at home or you missed it. A more perfect cast was never found.
@EWembley501Ай бұрын
Technology, though, would have affected the conclusion of the movie. If there had been cell phones, the Internet, and social media, Kolchak and Gail Foster wouldn't been separated at the end. He wouldn't have had to place personal ads in the local papers trying to find her.
@jessicacarter388510 ай бұрын
Growing. Up. Watching. This. All. The. Time I. Enjoy. It 👍👍
@mitchmack5223 Жыл бұрын
This is seriously one of the best vampire films of all time. Based on the realism, script, and actors. Two Mike Hammer's together against a single unbelievable foe. RIP to all involved
@patriciapiper6294 Жыл бұрын
When i heard the music of the network, i just felt so great. Had to smile and could smell popcorn somehow!!😂😮😊
@Heart2HeartBooks Жыл бұрын
I used to watch the movie of the week with my mother. There was McMillian and Wife and others as well. I loved these times RIP mom. You were the best mother ever.
@billblake96657 ай бұрын
mccloud and columbo....and macmillian and wife are all still broadcast here in philadelphia on channel 10.2 over the airwaves..free....the rest of our programs come from free sites on the net that have every show possible
@rickmacpherson32105 жыл бұрын
I was 20 years old when I first watched this with my mom. Then we watched the tv series. Ahh the good old 1970's.
@williamhannon60552 жыл бұрын
Mcgavin looks, talks and walks the same in every show he was in. One of the true greats.
@donvito26822 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest vampire movie I've ever seen. I was 12 in 1972 when I saw The Night Stalker. Love the intro of ABC movie of the week. It brings back warm feelings of family togetherness.
@gypsylotusblossom777 Жыл бұрын
It sure does👍💯
@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын
Was thinking the same when the music kicked in. I’m the same age. Oldest of 5. Watched with my bros. Check out the Norliss Tapes & Salems Lot. Good Vamps 👻
@noahname6695 Жыл бұрын
Me too
@kyereCat Жыл бұрын
For me, The Horror of Dracula with Christopher Lee was my favorite. But this movie of the week was very creepy and frightening.
@jugghead-1975 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@bwktlcn Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in that 70’s house I grew up in, with the shag carpet, the orange sofa, and the avocado recliners. Mom was on the couch, Dad in the recliner, my sister sleeping in the rocker, and I was on a quilt in the floor, watching that huge floor model TV. Nobody wanted to go to bed afterwards, and Dad made an extra check of all of the doors. Oh, for the days when my Dad was alive, and we were all still young…
@leapinglaura7343 Жыл бұрын
Our shag carpet was orange, and the sofa avocado. Completely different lol!
@remmymafia3889 Жыл бұрын
@@leapinglaura7343 As a native Las Vegan (b 1955), who has lived all my life here, (sans 6-7 yrs abroad in the late 70's/early-mid 80's), I nurd-ishly stop this movie here on KZbin occasionally, to verify small details, that as a longtime local, who was 16/17 yrs old at the time of the filming and playing of this, satiate my memories then. Still trying to sleuth out the location of the interior casino shots. Downtown or Strip casino? There's a case, albeit minimal, that the casino MIGHT be the Stardust, as in a shot where the casino gaming table supervisor watching the action on the table of the individual playing blackjack and talking to McGavin, is wearing a matching garish colored blazer, shirt trio. I was working as a 16 yr old busboy in Aug/Sept '71, at the coffee shop (Palm Room) there. (Stardust)
@tonycherubimo1440 Жыл бұрын
Was in the 8th grade when it aired in 72 Couldn't wait too watch it ABC advertised it alot Kept me on the edge of our flowered sofa At that time it was the most viewed movie on network TV in history
@scvandy31299 ай бұрын
"bwkticn," "Nobody wanted to go to bed afterwards, and Dad made an extra check of all of the doors." Not unlike Tuesday nights, only a few years prior -- after another fright fest watching "The Invaders," also on ABC. 'Alien beings from another planet' [how the narration went in the main titles] -- that only architect David Vincent (like Darren McGavin as Kolchak; Vincent was skillfully played by, and ideally suited for, Roy Thinnes) knew about -- scared the bejesus out of most of us.
@WindTurbineSyndrome8 ай бұрын
We used mattresses on door frames on concrete blocks with lots of pillows for couch and our rug was light yellow and the fridge avocado green. The kitchen counter tile was avocado green with dark wood paneling.
@bernaclischurchill4463 Жыл бұрын
My late brother loved the Night Stalker series. He would have been in his glory. This brings back so many memories and saddness. I love these movies, as well. Ms. B. Churchill
@rdbjrseattle8 ай бұрын
Not to be confused with the “Night Stalker”, Richard Ramirez, whose killing spree came about a decade later in L.A.
@billycrockett73884 ай бұрын
God bless you....
@georgehamrick92283 ай бұрын
My brother was born the day before the series started I lost my brother last year bitter sweet.
@swampghost72 Жыл бұрын
Kolchak the night stalker is a true classic.I remember my mom and dad watching this in the early and mid 70's when i was little..
@TonyBeazley10 жыл бұрын
As a person who works on movies and TV shows...I still think this was one of the best shows on TV when I was a kid...still love it...and McGavin was awesome.
@JOHNSTANZ7 жыл бұрын
darren was the ultimate professional.............not just this but everything he was in...........a rare breed...up there with peter falk............a great friend
@kristoferbatdorf28737 жыл бұрын
JOHN STANZ you saying peter falk or darren mgavin was your friend?? either way its pretty cool
@JOHNSTANZ7 жыл бұрын
i met (columbo) through sinatra met darren through telly savalas.......and i rate tel better than all of them put together..........and they were all brilliant
@JOHNSTANZ7 жыл бұрын
theres is a funny story about why i called telly, tel...even though his name wasnt terry, english slang for terry he said if i change my name 2 terry what will you call me then...........i said..........ted........hahahaha
@sheilabarfield38497 жыл бұрын
So agree!
@phillmckill5562 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite shows ever I used to watch this when I was a kid
@gregsmith79495 ай бұрын
Same here. I was turned on to it when it was part of CBS Friday latenite in the late 70's. Stayed up late as a 9 year old with all the living room lights off to add atmosphere.
@phillmckill55625 ай бұрын
@@gregsmith7949we had it on tv here in Australia in the 70's as well
@paulscheeler4 жыл бұрын
Barry Atwater as the Vampire never says a word of dialogue but is still terrifying. That is truly great acting.
@aimeereal5122 Жыл бұрын
True.
@mlouism2minotti748 Жыл бұрын
😊😊
@craigclarke7099 Жыл бұрын
Àé4fb c❤
@mikedavies9953 Жыл бұрын
Vampires driving a hard deal with car salesman lol
@emilywhitfield2780 Жыл бұрын
Body language speaks volumes!!!
@meanstavrakas10448 ай бұрын
I will take the peace & quite of the 1970s any day over this BS we have today. Three to five TV Channels, no VCRs, Records, 8 Track-Tapes, and Cassettes, Albums, and then Large Laser Disk ( what we call DVDs & Blue-Ray today) began in 1978. Those were good times...
@alanmorris76695 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness! I had forgotten all about the ABC Movie of the Week! This is when the whole family would sit in the den and watch the same movie because there were very few channels on TV. I can remember my big sister popping popcorn on the stove, and my dad sitting in his favorite chair ... a La-Z-Boy recliner.
@mikerequadt96613 жыл бұрын
still good 5 decades later
@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын
Grrrreat! 👍
@sarahfeldman17364 ай бұрын
5 😮 nooooooo 😂
@thegood95 жыл бұрын
Used to watch this late with my mom. Lots of great memories. RIP, Mum.
@jeffreythornton4284 жыл бұрын
Kolchak was an old fashioned reporter, the type you no longer see.
@papamidnight72164 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this movie with my dad (R.I.P., Dad) when I was a sophomore in high school, all those years ago. Still gives me chills. The actor, Barry Atwater, who portrayed the vampire was badass! The growling, snarling, hissing!
@stephenernsberger96782 жыл бұрын
BARRY ATWATER...? GOTCHA, YOU KNOW YOUR GOODNESS....! TRUE PERSON OF THE 70s.....THANKS
@josephperkins4857 Жыл бұрын
Yep
@gypsylotusblossom777 Жыл бұрын
@@stephenernsberger9678 Barry Atwater, An EXTREMELY CREEPY dude😬😳😲
@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын
Great, greater...greatest, to me. I almost expect to see Barry still snarling and hissing tomorrow and far into the future. Thanks!🧛♂️
@Mryrhodesian Жыл бұрын
Me too. I was 10 years old watched it with the parents and didn't want to go to sleep after this movie was over.
@DanTDrac Жыл бұрын
One of the only movies that showed the true strength of the vampire.Tossing officers like rag dolls and impervious to bullets. Barry Atwater gave an outstanding performance without uttering a single word.
@kingsman84756 ай бұрын
He had some Vulcan strength that carried over from a Star Trek episode.
@LoreleiBell-n6m Жыл бұрын
Always fun to watch this again and again...
@jaiyabyrd4177 Жыл бұрын
It's 2023 The soundtrack introduction was so energetic This show was awesome 😎
@dreamofmermaids Жыл бұрын
My dad and I watched Night Stalker every week! We loved it!! Great memories 💗
@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312 Жыл бұрын
My dad turned all 7 of us kids onto tons of great television. Mission Impossible Columbo Kolchak The Night Stalker and too many others to mention. This 1972 movie of the week and 1973 follow up (The Night Strangler)movie led to the television series. The two movies broke viewership rating records for those two years. It was tough to try to make+tell as jam packed a story+production in 45-50 minutes when it transitioned into a weekly series, but the series was very rewarding too. Darrin McGavin was a gem of an actor, perfect here. Part of my childhood childhood died when Don Adam's, Bob Denver, and Darren McGavin all died the same weekend several years ago. Just came back 14 days later and watched the original movie which started it all AGAIN. The combination of Darren McGavin great acting and great writing make this 1972 movie one I can come back and watch again and again by now dozens of times if not hundreds.
@MyREDTAIL6 жыл бұрын
Claude Akins one of my favorite Western Character Stars May he RIP
@russelljohnson6243 Жыл бұрын
This was probably the best of all of the Movie of the Week editions. I remember watching this when it was first shown on TV; it scared the crap out of my entire family. Those were the good old days of network television!
@warrenpellegrin44735 жыл бұрын
This great movie, and series was the inspiration for the X-Files, as quoted by Chris Carter. Darren McGavin never received the Emmy he deserved for this role as acknowledged by the entertainment industry. Rest in peace Mr. McGavin, your perfectly fallible, dogged-reporter "Carl Kolchak" lives on with a whole generation of Boomers and their kids.
@euclideszoto997 Жыл бұрын
Watch the X-Files episode dedicated to Darren obviously with the Night Stalker referring to story.
@mikewolf-x6t Жыл бұрын
I was 7 years old when this came out. I couldn't wait to watch it eventhough I couldn't sleep afterwards
@RJFP67 Жыл бұрын
Fond memories of a time long past. These were the kind of shows that went past your bedtime during the weekdays. You rarely saw the end until you were older and happened to catch the full episodes in reruns. This was before the internets ease of information access. Thank you !
@garyfrancis619311 ай бұрын
Passed
@GirlCode0075 жыл бұрын
Oh wow The Movie of the Week!!! Brings back kid memories. Hey kids, this was before cable. Live and learn ya spoiled brats🤣😂👍🏾
@RSF-DiscoveryTime Жыл бұрын
This is what I grew up with as a teen in the 70s. So glad this was digitized blu-ray.
@Mary-gp9qk Жыл бұрын
Me too ☮️
@audreyann1975 Жыл бұрын
I love this! I was born in 75. This show was awesome 👍🏻!
@pistolpetelamar23437 жыл бұрын
Funny, most folks are here because their loved ones let em watch and boom, hooked. Thanks Dad, I love you. We'll watch this again one day.
@TrekJohnDoe5 жыл бұрын
PistolPete Lamar so sweet.
@rodneyhext8870Ай бұрын
IMHO, this is still one of the best vampire movies ever made. The atmosphere, music & Darren McGavin make this a gem.
@shellyunderwood2405 Жыл бұрын
The first real XFiles right here. Was an amazing show ❤❤
@charlesbrowning97484 ай бұрын
There was actually a show on the original files, where Darin McGavin starred and he was credited in universe with starting the x files
@monicasmith7050 Жыл бұрын
Kolchak was wayyyy before the times providing excellent serialized horror television, intelligently made-direction, writing and acting.
@randallbesch242410 ай бұрын
And also in the defence of the First Amendment too.
@raysikes54668 жыл бұрын
To me , one of the top vampire movies made!
@chejlr6 жыл бұрын
I loved this show when i was a kid.
@ranzea20 Жыл бұрын
I watched this series when I was a university student. And when I was in my forties I bought the dvd. I love this show! From Japan ❤
@leapinglaura7343 Жыл бұрын
O hi yo gonzai mas! 👋 🇯🇵
@toddtoure70416 жыл бұрын
Classic. Kolchak brings back memories. I was a kid watching him on Channel 7 . Loved it. Respect to Darren Mc Gavin.
@rgood12046 жыл бұрын
Near DC/Maryland?
@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын
WABC7 NYC
@GoldandAppel Жыл бұрын
Much respect
@pepejuan2924 Жыл бұрын
I was 4 years old when this aired but I later remember watching the Night Stalker series, the good old days 😁👍
@thomasmcdaniel62645 ай бұрын
I vividly remember the very night this was broadcast on television. It was 1972 and I had just been discharged from the Army. I was sitting in the living room with my mother and father at their house watching this❤
@deirdrehelfferich8281 Жыл бұрын
I loved the Night Stalker.. Carl Kolchack is amazing character.
@kennethleejackson902 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing Darren Mc Gavin downtown Los Angeles filming one of his movies.. it was a honor to watch him...act ...
@bqkmg20373 ай бұрын
I believe the Night Strangler (1973) the sequel to the Night Stalker (1972) was filmed parts around downtown Los Angeles and downtown Seattle too.
@antonysmith9173 Жыл бұрын
Ah memories. I used to love watching these night stalker series.
@abusednomoresilence Жыл бұрын
Me too!✌️
@brendaleverick3655 Жыл бұрын
I liked McGavin's confidence and personality. I also liked the way his character so bravely fought the monsters he encountered all alone. He was always outmatched, but it never stopped him from tracking them down and finding a way to finish them off. Modern vampires drive cars or fly private planes, like in another vampire film I saw, "The Nightflier."
@johnnywebb23517 ай бұрын
The Nightflier was also awesome
@binniparis8024 Жыл бұрын
I'm 58 - I use to watch this show when I was 11yo. It terrified me. I never watched horror in my adult life, this maybe why. Funny and wonderful to revisit this classic. Thankyou. Xx
@miketalas79982 жыл бұрын
03:48 Did you all notice, when he pulled down his mask??? That's FRANK BURNS OF MASH!!! ~ Larry Linville!!!! 🤩 Also I just Love seeing Las Vegas in its smaller days! Most of all the old casinos are gone but I can see everything that used to be there!!! Beautiful.
@DeborahParham-ve1vp8 ай бұрын
Yes, I did recognize old ferret face.
@WZ9126 жыл бұрын
Classic! So glad I grew up at this time.
@Gregory-yk4wx8 күн бұрын
THIS brings back a lot of great memories when TV was TV back in the early nineteen seventies.
@virgilrobertsjr78708 ай бұрын
I saw this movie in it's entirety in the 70's as a young teen, and it was absolutely amazing! ☆☆☆☆☆ 💯
@Lev-qj5kc8 жыл бұрын
This was frightening back in the day. The 1970s fright movies on TV and the theaters kicked ass!
@TimTheTuner8 жыл бұрын
So much better than the slasher movies to come later in the '80s. Atmospheric, scary, loud sounds, dark corners, late at night in the vamp's house. What was he thinking?
@mpatrickthomas6 жыл бұрын
Night Stalker tv series had some pretty scary ones for its time.What a great series.
@mikenewton4746 жыл бұрын
In 1972, I was working for a New Hampshire newspaper as a bureau correspondent. I had flown out to Ohio to spend the holidays with my family. On the way back home, my plane was grounded at LaGuardia because of snowy weather and I had to spend the night at the airport. I bought myself copies of the Night Stalker and the Night Strangler at the airport bookstore and read them while I was spending the night sitting in a reception area. The lights were all on and I was the only one there. Got a kick out of Kolchak's battle with his editor, Vinchinzo, as it reminded me of my editor. Later, I saw the movie and the TV series with Darren McGaverin.
@crabbyappleton43845 жыл бұрын
Great story. Better then a Ted Baxter story. lol.
@freddietommie19044 жыл бұрын
A good visual. Thank you.
@toffanful3 жыл бұрын
This was television at its finest!
@robertevans69528 жыл бұрын
This made for tv movie on ABC scared the crap out of me and my brother when we were ten and eight years old. It was AWESOME and we were hooked as fans. For a television movie, it told a great story.
@daisywomack75876 жыл бұрын
I was 26--and admit this show unnerved me O.K it scared me like I was 10.
I was a kid when I saw this movie. I watched the series too. Good times in the 1970s. Wish I could go back there and relive it.
@gordondavis61685 жыл бұрын
I love how the vampire is not an elegant sexy gentleman, but an animalistic beast that can’t talk and squeals like a baby.
@skiptoloo95065 жыл бұрын
We don't see/hear him/it talk, but clearly he/it does. To the car dealer, for one example. And presumably to realtors etc too.
@notmyrealname6150 Жыл бұрын
I would have liked to have heard him speak instead of just snarl.
@randallbesch242410 ай бұрын
Janos Skorzeny born n Krysti Rumania 1899 died in 1972 or did he? The stake keeps him down not dead.
@kathleendobens66484 ай бұрын
Love these old actors. I watched it all born in 1960 this brings me back to these old movies.
@jackryan918310 жыл бұрын
Richard Matheson was such a huge talent. Loved Darrin McGavin too. This was the highest rated TV movie for years. Great Vampire Movie. Hell, great movie..period.
@frankdeluca7016 жыл бұрын
Since the 50s, NJ-bred prodigy Richard Matheson excelled in every conceivable form of the specialized genres of sci-fi and horror: screenplay, teleplay, short story, and novel. An original Twilight Zone alum whose best episodes rank alongside Rod Serling's, Matheson's influence on the dark side of imaginative storytellers is far reaching -- Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Anne Rice, and George Romero to name a few. I wouldn't call him underrated (especially among legion consumers of fantasy fiction), but I would venture to say he is grossly neglected relative of his quality and output. Fans of Duel, Stir of Echoes, I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come, Omega Man, and The Incredible Shrinking Man more closely associate those wonderful films with their capable interpreters (directors and stars) than with the man who originally dreamed them up on paper and ink.
@PedalToTheMetal618885 жыл бұрын
...yeah...almost as GOOD as...Brides of DRACULA'''...with John-Carradine'''...& BeLa-Lugosia''' some FREAKy Looking GUYS''+...Vincent-Price-+&--BORIS-KARLOFF'''...That sucKer was ...scary...Looking''''
@jonsayers79264 жыл бұрын
agree jack ryan
@roringusanda2837 Жыл бұрын
Only vampire that ever scared me! Literally, no other seemed real, or menacing, or horrible, like this one.
@demongo2007 Жыл бұрын
It was one of the first takes of vampires in the modern era ever made. That and the mystery format and great writing made it a real milestone.
@cyndiaraujo16873 жыл бұрын
This series was a fantastic series and I miss it!
@RandomRangerRambles6 жыл бұрын
I loved the Nightstalker episodes as a kid! So happy to see this.
@jessfrankel52127 жыл бұрын
Darren McGavin could do no wrong. Good guy or bad guy, he could act with the best of them. This flick is one of THE finest TV movies ever made. Action, realism, solid acting, one of my favorite movies as a kid, and still stands up to anything produced these days.
@fredcollari4400 Жыл бұрын
he was very good as the dope dealer in The Man With the Golden Arm with Frank Sinatra, he was just a great actor in everything he did, salute!
@johnnywebb23517 ай бұрын
Agreed 👍🏾
@josephforest76054 ай бұрын
@@fredcollari4400 Red Ryder BB Gun .
@justcurious1303 Жыл бұрын
This movie was one of the all-time classics. Darren McGavin and cast put together one of the all time performances. For its time. And movies and series to this day are using its format. To inspire them from X-Files to Supernatural. And other horror films. And even today you can enjoy turning back the clock and watch this. And enjoy watching it and the suspense of this film. With out all the goer. Of today's films.
@ctrlzyx212 күн бұрын
I saw this when i was 8. In fact, every kid in my school saw this. This was the most-watched made for tv movie ever. The commercials must've been spot on, but it was by no means hyped. just another movie of the week. Even the producers were shocked. This got a 54 share, meaning 54% of all Americans watching tv were watching this show! For perspective, the past 20 superbowls recorded shares in the low to mid 40's. Just nuts.
@Exit-Time11115 күн бұрын
Man I loved the movie and series one of my very favorites along with Night Gallery. I loved growing up in the 70's. EVERYTHING was so much better, more innocent. You still knew your neighbors, kids played outside, baseball with the neighborhood kids, waterballon fights pure innocent fun.....sigh. 🌻
@camgruber6446 Жыл бұрын
Loved watching this on TV in the 70s
@Deadreconing66 Жыл бұрын
Oh God I loved this series I was very young used to sneak into the living room and sit behind my Dad's chair and watch it.
@peterzang5 жыл бұрын
McGavin was simply one of the best actors ever! Had the phrasing of a great jazz musician
@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын
Well put my syncopated friend. Kolchak is one of the most interesting characters in fiction! 🤓 Be safe. Thank you
@sandtats6 ай бұрын
Great line!👍 (Stealing it!☺️)
@lloydknighten50716 жыл бұрын
Mr. Stanz, thanks for uploading this great movie. I also appreciate that you were able to include the ABC TELEVISION "Movie of the Week " logo prior to the start of the video. I remember watching "The Night Stalker " premiere back in 1972 with my grandmother that night; and I still LOVE it! Hollywood knew how to make vampire movies the CORRECT way when "The Night Stalker " came out 47 years ago. They weren't cranking out crap like "Twilight," with pasty-faced, love-sick, glittering in the sunlight vampires like we see today. Once again, thanks for the the upload!
@rodneymiller68210 жыл бұрын
The best vampire movie ever...... and I lost a lot of sleep behind this in 72' !!!
@kiwanishinton94108 жыл бұрын
yes it is
@heatherrousey48157 жыл бұрын
Rodney Miller
@merinaharriman96916 жыл бұрын
Rodney Miller I I
@xrisku Жыл бұрын
I loved this show as a kid. I was so sad when it was canceled.
@notgivinup4 жыл бұрын
The memories that opening just brought back.... WOW! Totally forgot about that movie of the week theme song. Thank you for this upload, LOVED The Night Stalker back in the day!
@ApothecaryGrant Жыл бұрын
Don't you wish that style would come back ?
@jeaniehorton5964 Жыл бұрын
👍 l smiled when l heard the introduction….. good memories! 70’s and 80’s the best!!❤
@notgivinup Жыл бұрын
@@jeaniehorton5964 Absolutely! No comparison to today's world whatsoever.
@jeaniehorton5964 Жыл бұрын
@@notgivinup 👍👍❤️
@berniemac3 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Neverevergiveup! 🤓
@johncrouch1772 Жыл бұрын
Awesome show and memories as a kid.
@brenthaymon6676 жыл бұрын
Great show. I was 12 when I saw this on tv in the early 70's. Thanks for the upload.
@danielberg5049 Жыл бұрын
Awesome. Scared me so much when I was little.
@gordondavis61685 жыл бұрын
The Kolchak series scared me so much as a kid, but I had to watch it. My mother would fight with my father because he would let me watch it, and she thought it was too adult. I lived in Vegas from 1998 to 2002, and in 2001 there were a series of dead bodies found in seedy hotels. The news was reported on the radio one morning, but not on the television news that night. Never heard anything else about the murders. It made me think of a classic Kolchak monster cover-up.
@gypsylotusblossom7772 жыл бұрын
WOW😲 that looks worthy for some more investigation🤔you should dig into that you might end up with something you should try researching that🧐 because that's very intriguing to say the least🤔💀👹👽🤖👻👁
@leojablonski23092 жыл бұрын
Cover -up ? Shocker there.
@acmelka2 жыл бұрын
I was like 5 or 6 when this was new. It scared me to trauma... back then kids of any age watched what the rest of the family did.
@EYE_GOTCHA Жыл бұрын
@@gypsylotusblossom777 Madame Justice, with your name, maybe you’d be better off investigating those murders…? 😊
@josephperkins4857 Жыл бұрын
@@gypsylotusblossom777 the cops don't need amature detective's 😂
@caliden37859 жыл бұрын
all these old time actors,geez I'm getting old.I remember watching this with my parents.R.I.P.mom and dad
@55Quirll5 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Dad, I did the same also with all the Movies of The Week that were shown. Those movies were the best, sad that don't have them any more, just reality TV which Reality at all.
@crabbyappleton43845 жыл бұрын
Me too. On the couch all curled up with my Mom.
@turnertalking5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, life has me wondering too. Not worrying about dying. It will just seem weird for me not to be around any more.
@PedalToTheMetal618885 жыл бұрын
@@crabbyappleton4384 ...no...Dad and me...sneaking around ...with Cake-&-Ice-cream-&-While He RAIDED-...The frig''...with ...Left-Over-HAM-&-CHEESE''...Sandwiches'''...'' DEAR-OLD-...Dad''''-(-RIP-)-...He was...90...yrs. Young ...i say young ''cause it seemed He NEVEr GREW ...OLD''''..p.s.- They say Laughter '''...is GOOD for The SOUL...Dad was a ...funny Kinda of ''GUY'''
@TrekJohnDoe4 жыл бұрын
Cali Den my parents watched it with me and they are gone.