Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · TV Series · TV-PG · 60 min · ★ 7.6 · 95% critics
A hard-nosed Chicago newspaper reporter keeps stumbling into baffling crimes that the police won’t pursue, chasing leads that point to unlikely explanations. Each case pulls him into eerie mysteries where folklore, supernatural threats, and occasional science-fiction oddities lurk just beneath everyday city life.
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Details
- Years
- 1974–1975
- Release date
- 1974-09-13
- Network
- ABC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (88 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a spooky, funny, retro “monster-of-the-week” mystery with a scrappy reporter vibe, similar in spirit to Night Gallery; Not for you if you need polished effects or consistently serious horror.
Pros: fun monster-of-the-week; spooky retro vibe; strong lead energy | Cons: uneven writing; sometimes campy creatures; dated attitudes toward women
Themes
- monster
- news reporter
- official cover-up
Cast & crew
Darren McGavin
as Carl Kolchak
Simon Oakland
as Tony Vincenzo
- MW
Mary Wickes
as Dr. Bess Winestock
- FF
Fritz Feld
as Waiter
- SC
Suzanne Charny
as Catherine Rawlins
- BG
Barry Gordon
- NS
Naomi Stevens
- HV
Herb Vigran
- BR
Benny Rubin
- AS
Abraham Sofaer
Directed by Robert Scheerer, Vincent McEveety, Seymour Robbie +6 more
Created by Jeffrey Grant Rice
Episodes1 season · 20 episodes
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