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The Night Strangler

1973 · 90 min

A brisk, witty investigative yarn with a wry reporter, blending light horror and mystery into an easy, engaging watch.

Directed by
Dan Curtis
Genres
Tv movie, Horror, Mystery
Tagline
The horror continues…
Overview
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?

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Directed by
Dan Curtis
Genres
Tv movie, Horror, Mystery
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • obsession
  • media
  • death
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour5
Realism6
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Genres
tv movie, horror, mystery, crime
Directed by
Dan Curtis
Written by
Richard Matheson
Starring
Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Scott Brady, Wally Cox, Margaret Hamilton, Richard Anderson, John Carradine
Music
Bob Cobert
Cinematography
Robert B. Hauser
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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