The Night Stalker (1972 film)
| The Night Stalker | |
|---|---|
Barry Atwater as Janos Skorzeny | |
| Genre | Horror Mystery |
| Based on | The Night Stalker by Jeff Rice |
| Teleplay by | Richard Matheson |
| Directed by | John Llewellyn Moxey |
| Starring | Darren McGavin Carol Lynley Simon Oakland Ralph Meeker Claude Akins Charles McGraw |
| Music by | Bob Cobert |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Producer | Dan Curtis |
| Cinematography | Michel Hugo |
| Editor | Desmond Marquette |
| Running time | 74 minutes |
| Production companies | ABC Circle Films Dan Curtis Productions |
| Budget | US$450,000 (equivalent to $3,493,878 in 2024) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | January 11, 1972 |
| Related | |
| The Night Strangler | |
The Night Stalker is an American made for television horror film which aired on ABC on January 11, 1972, as their ABC Movie of the Week. In the film, Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin), an investigative reporter, comes to suspect that a serial killer in the Las Vegas area is actually a vampire. The Night Stalker set a record for the most viewed made-for-TV film. It was followed by a sequel, The Night Strangler, and a television series, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, both of which had McGavin reprise his role as Carl Kolchak.