Any Fans Of "Kolckak:The Nightstalker" Here??

[Creature Features]

Yup, I figured there would be some fellow Stalkerazzi out there!! It simply IRKS me no end how dismissive Universal is with these gems. I wasn't aware the movies were out together on DVD......gotta love Amazon. So,they're winging their way to me.

What a catch 22. How do you hold Universal to an appropriate standard of quality?? Buy from them when the product is substandard, and you encourage more of the same ("See, the fools buy it anyway"). Refuse to buy, and they may well stop releases completely because of lousy sales ("See, no use putting any actual work into these things because the market is too small.").

Too bad we can't simply rely on Universal to do what's RIGHT.  I held off buying the classic films until the Legacy Editions came out for exactly that reason. I stuck with VHS copies until they got their heads out of their posteriors, but don't have that option here. Besides, nothing like a DVD even if the quality isn't up to snuff. Even with the stinking DOUBLE SIDED ones they issue. What's a disk bought at the kind of bulk they use cost anyway?? Fifteen cents MAYBE?? But no, they have to double side them. 

Well, naturally, I'm buying them. But I'm also writing a useless letter telling them exactly what I think of their policies.Morons.

The new series, outside of the few nods to the McGavin classic (battered hat on the rack), was absolute dreck. Those who have read some of the backstory on the movies/series know the turmoil and clashes McGavin had with the producers and studio. Would have made a fascinating documentary to accompany the set, especially since those involved won't be with us much longer, and they already waited too long to get McGavin on record.

I can hear my dad's constant refrain whenever I think about this stuff, "Do it right, or don't do it at all. Everything you create says something to the world about YOU."

Too bad my dad didn't work for Universal.

The letter thing sounds like a good idea....maybe if enough people complain, someone at Universal will take notice...?

[Scatter]

The letter thing sounds like a good idea....maybe if enough people complain, someone at Universal will take notice...?

Frankly, I really don't think they give a steaming pile of excrement what we think. But the letter will be cathartic.

[Kharis]

Very much enjoyed the adventures of the intrepid Mr.Kolchak.  Show was well cast and very entertaining.  The film is amongst my very favorites.

[michblk]

Wow Scatter, great topic!  What can I say that I hasn't already been said.  The movies hold up well still today!  The TV show, some are better than others.

I used to watch it with my Grandparents when I spent Friday nights at their house!  Grandma would make us popcorn and we would sit and watch it!  Thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories.

BK

[Scatter]

Wow Scatter, great topic!  What can I say that I hasn't already been said.  The movies hold up well still today!  The TV show, some are better than others.

I used to watch it with my Grandparents when I spent Friday nights at their house!  Grandma would make us popcorn and we would sit and watch it!  Thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories.

BK

Hi BK!! I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the movies.....as for the series, there was some up and down in episode quality (which drove McGavin crazy,he really cared about this role) but I can honestly say I love each of them. I try never to compare any work against some arbitrary standard of quality, so then I can enjoy each of them on their individual merits. Even the "bad" ones have elements which I appreciate.

I put the theme song for Kolchak and the theme for Chiller Theater on my iPod just to bring back those wonderful Friday nights of our childhood.

[tv horror]

Hey scatter thats like something that Kevin Mccarthy would say "I pod you human?"  That was a great show and I really loved the nod to him in the X-files as the father of the x-files and his turn as Frank Blacks father in Millennium.

[Scatter]

Hey scatter thats like something that Kevin Mccarthy would say "I pod you human?"  That was a great show and I really loved the nod to him in the X-files as the father of the x-files and his turn as Frank Blacks father in Millennium.

LOL!! Terrific flick!!

[typhooforme]

Watching ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS episodes tonight--but tomorrow, boy oh boy, I'm watching KOLCHAK again.  Thanks for putting me in the mood!

[raycastile]

I love The Night Stalker.  Watched the series as a kid on the CBS Late Movie.  Somehow I also caught the two movies.  I remember they were on late, but it wasn't on the CBS Late Movie.  I think they were syndicated to local stations with other made-for-TV movies.  That's how I saw weird stuff like Bermuda Depths and Haunts of the Very Rich.  They were aired latenight by local stations as part of some kind of syndicated package.

My brother and I had two Animal Fair stuffed Bigfoot toys.  We would pretend his Bigfoot was Kolchak and mine was Vincenzo.  They would encounter all kinds of monsters, often played by Charlie McCarthy wearing rubber masks.  Sometimes Hugo (Man of 1,000 Faces) would play the monster.  We had the theme from the TV series on a cassette tape (recorded by holding a tape recorder up to the TV speaker while the show was playing).  My brother's stuffed Bigfoot, playing Kolchak, would sit at a real typewriter while the theme played on an old tape recorder.  He would go through the motions of the opening sequence, thus opening our "show."  Then my Bigfoot would walk in and start bossing him around, sending him on an assignment and telling him not to screw it up this time.  He would run into Charlie McCarthy or Hugo, in human form.  They would be very dapper and charming, until they donned the monster mask or makeup.  The stuffed Kolchak Bigfoot would find a way to kill them, then go back to the office and explain to the stuffed Vincenzo Bigfoot that he couldn't get the story.  A monster got in the way.  Sorry boss.  He would then get chewed out and we would play the closing theme on the tape recorder.  That was the end of our show.

[Scatter]

I love The Night Stalker.  Watched the series as a kid on the CBS Late Movie.  Somehow I also caught the two movies.  I remember they were on late, but it wasn't on the CBS Late Movie.  I think they were syndicated to local stations with other made-for-TV movies.  That's how I saw weird stuff like Bermuda Depths and Haunts of the Very Rich.  They were aired latenight by local stations as part of some kind of syndicated package.

My brother and I had two Animal Fair stuffed Bigfoot toys.  We would pretend his Bigfoot was Kolchak and mine was Vincenzo.  They would encounter all kinds of monsters, often played by Charlie McCarthy wearing rubber masks.  Sometimes Hugo (Man of 1,000 Faces) would play the monster.  We had the theme from the TV series on a cassette tape (recorded by holding a tape recorder up to the TV speaker while the show was playing).  My brother's stuffed Bigfoot, playing Kolchak, would sit at a real typewriter while the theme played on an old tape recorder.  He would go through the motions of the opening sequence, thus opening our "show."  Then my Bigfoot would walk in and start bossing him around, sending him on an assignment and telling him not to screw it up this time.  He would run into Charlie McCarthy or Hugo, in human form.  They would be very dapper and charming, until they donned the monster mask or makeup.  The stuffed Kolchak Bigfoot would find a way to kill them, then go back to the office and explain to the stuffed Vincenzo Bigfoot that he couldn't get the story.  A monster got in the way.  Sorry boss.  He would then get chewed out and we would play the closing theme on the tape recorder.  That was the end of our show.

Tell me.............WHAT could POSSIBLY be better than growing up a MonsterKid?? Fantastic story!! I miss my Hugo.

[Creature Features]

I love The Night Stalker.  Watched the series as a kid on the CBS Late Movie.  Somehow I also caught the two movies.  I remember they were on late, but it wasn't on the CBS Late Movie.  I think they were syndicated to local stations with other made-for-TV movies.  That's how I saw weird stuff like Bermuda Depths and Haunts of the Very Rich.  They were aired latenight by local stations as part of some kind of syndicated package.

My brother and I had two Animal Fair stuffed Bigfoot toys.  We would pretend his Bigfoot was Kolchak and mine was Vincenzo.  They would encounter all kinds of monsters, often played by Charlie McCarthy wearing rubber masks.  Sometimes Hugo (Man of 1,000 Faces) would play the monster.  We had the theme from the TV series on a cassette tape (recorded by holding a tape recorder up to the TV speaker while the show was playing).  My brother's stuffed Bigfoot, playing Kolchak, would sit at a real typewriter while the theme played on an old tape recorder.  He would go through the motions of the opening sequence, thus opening our "show."  Then my Bigfoot would walk in and start bossing him around, sending him on an assignment and telling him not to screw it up this time.  He would run into Charlie McCarthy or Hugo, in human form.  They would be very dapper and charming, until they donned the monster mask or makeup.  The stuffed Kolchak Bigfoot would find a way to kill them, then go back to the office and explain to the stuffed Vincenzo Bigfoot that he couldn't get the story.  A monster got in the way.  Sorry boss.  He would then get chewed out and we would play the closing theme on the tape recorder.  That was the end of our show.

Bravo!

[Tom Smith Monsternut]

I love the 2 TV movies and the show. I never missed it when it was on .

The new remake was terrible in my opinion.

TS

[Roback]

It's funny you mention this. I jut bought the Pilot episode a couple of weeks ago. Another wonderful memory from my childhood. I remember sitting and watching this with my mom and dad faithfully. I haven't seen any other episodes since but I remember it being very funny at times. Classic show never to be repeated.

[Scatter]

It's funny you mention this. I jut bought the Pilot episode a couple of weeks ago. Another wonderful memory from my childhood. I remember sitting and watching this with my mom and dad faithfully. I haven't seen any other episodes since but I remember it being very funny at times. Classic show never to be repeated.

Yup, the memories are priceless........

[Toy Ranch]

I bought the DVD set when it was released along with the movies. I only caught some of them when I was a kid, but always loved them when I did.  My wife had never seen it, and of course my son hadn't either.  We watched a couple episodes each night until we got through the series and thoroughly enjoyed it.  Even my son, who is sometimes tepid on Dad's horror movies and such... 

I'm not a fan of "extras" on DVD's for the most part.  I'd rather watch a different movie than watch extras and interviews.  I was pleasantly surprised that it was issued at all, so I guess I'm the wrong one to complain to them about it.