Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Episode Ratings Heatmap
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| S1 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.4 |
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About
"The wisecracking reporter who saw the monsters first"
Carl Kolchak is a rumpled, wisecracking Chicago newspaper reporter who keeps stumbling onto genuine monsters, cults, and things that shouldn't exist, only to have his editor and the authorities dismiss him as a crank. Each episode is a self-contained horror mystery: Kolchak chases a lead, gets in over his head, and files a story nobody will ever run. The tone is pulpy and often funny, powered almost entirely by Darren McGavin's rapid-fire, exasperated performance. Production values are modest 1970s TV, but the writing's wit and the show's genuine influence on later monster-of-the-week series make it worth the trip.
Darren McGavin's grumpy, quick-witted lead performance that basically invented the skeptical-reporter-meets-monster template.
you need slick effects, since the budget and creature work show their age badly.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
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| ▶ | 1 | The Ripper | 7.9 | 1K | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Zombie | 7.8 | 841 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be... | 7.1 | 733 | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Vampire | 7.9 | 792 | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Werewolf | 7.7 | 769 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Firefall | 7.5 | 628 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Devil's Platform | 7.6 | 627 | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Bad Medicine | 7.4 | 618 | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | The Spanish Moss Murders | 7.9 | 665 | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | The Energy Eater | 7.3 | 630 | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Horror in the Heights | 8.4 | 733 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Mr. R.I.N.G. | 7.2 | 557 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Primal Scream | 7.2 | 530 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | The Trevi Collection | 7.7 | 593 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Chopper | 7.4 | 576 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Demon in Lace | 7.8 | 544 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | Legacy of Terror | 7.5 | 534 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | The Knightly Murders | 7.7 | 526 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | The Youth Killer | 7.3 | 505 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | The Sentry | 7.4 | 508 | 50 min |