The Night Stalker

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The Night Stalker is a 1972 made-for-television horror film about a Las Vegas reporter investigating a series of murders linked to a modern-day vampire.

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instanceOf horror film
television film
vampire film
basedOn The Kolchak Papers NERFINISHED
an unpublished novel by Jeff Rice
characterPortrayed Barry Atwater as Janos Skorzeny
Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak
Simon Oakland as Tony Vincenzo NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Robert B. Hauser NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director John Llewellyn Moxey NERFINISHED
distributedBy American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED
editor Les Green NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Las Vegas, Nevada NERFINISHED
followedBy The Night Strangler NERFINISHED
format made-for-television film
genre horror
supernatural horror
vampire
hasAntagonist Janos Skorzeny NERFINISHED
hasTheme investigative journalism
supernatural crime
inspired the television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker NERFINISHED
leadCharacterTrait dogged and skeptical reporter
mainCharacter Carl Kolchak NERFINISHED
medium television
musicBy Bob Cobert NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle first-person narration by Carl Kolchak
notableElement blend of police procedural and supernatural horror
notableFor being one of the highest-rated TV movies of its time
originalAirDate January 11, 1972
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
plotSummary A Las Vegas reporter investigates a series of murders linked to a modern-day vampire.
producer Dan Curtis NERFINISHED
productionCompany ABC Circle Films NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation newspaper reporter
releaseYear 1972
runningTime 74 minutes
screenwriter Richard Matheson NERFINISHED
setting Las Vegas, Nevada NERFINISHED
starredActor Barry Atwater NERFINISHED
Carol Lynley NERFINISHED
Darren McGavin NERFINISHED
Simon Oakland NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary early 1970s

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Kent Smith notableWork The Night Stalker
Darren McGavin notableWork The Night Stalker
Darren McGavin appearedIn The Night Stalker