Jimmy Sangster: That Kolchak Episode
In our recent Jimmy Sangster: The Man From Hammer post , we’ve mentioned the TV series Jimmy Sangster worked on during his “American Years”… In that list was Kolchak: The Night Stalker (starring Darren McGavin) and the episode Horror In The Heights as he wrote the screenplay for it at the time.
In today’s post, we’re taking a more detailed look at Kolchak: The Night Stalker in general and the episode Horror In The Heights in particular.
(And we’ve also added a video-clip with Kolchak’s opening intro.)
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In the 1970s TV series, Carl Kolchak was a Chicago reporter who, episodes after episodes, investigated stories which were definitely out of the ordinary. On a weekly basis, he faced vampires, werewolves, Greek goddesses with a grudge, robots, reptiles, space aliens, Indian spirits and, of course, rakshasas…
Two TV movies were made before the TV series.
The first one, titled The Night Stalker, was co-written by Richard Matheson (from the legendary Twilight Zone) and Jeff Rice (the future Night Stalker TV series creator) and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.
It was first shown on January 11 1972 and received the success it deserved by being the most highly rated TV movie at the time.
The second one, The Night Strangler, directed by Dan Curtis and penned again by Richard Matheson, was first shown on January 16 1973 and also received a high rating, successfully paving the way for the weekly TV series.
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Re: http://amplify.com/u/1mbm @loup_dargent “On a weekly basis, he faced vampires, werewolves, Greek goddesses with a grudge, robots, reptiles, space aliens, Indian spirits and, of course, rakshasas…”
Sounds a lot like a typical episode of Coast to Coast AM with George Noory…
1 month agoRe: Jimmy Sangster: That Kolchak Episode http://amplify.com/u/1mbm @fatlester Sounds like it, yes
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