The wonders of the age
In 1979, my family went to see a movie called Alien. I’m not sure whose idea it was. But within the first 20 minutes, I screamed my nine-year-old head off so loudly that we left the theatre and went to see Escape from Alcatraz instead.
(Since then, I’ve become a great fan of the Alien series.)
After the movie, we went to a Chinese restaurant called Shin’s Great Wall, which is unfortunately no longer in business. We ate great quantities of moo goo gai pan and kung pao chicken, and drank vast draughts of tea. So vast, in fact, that upon returning home, we were all too cranked up on caffeine to sleep. So we turned on the TV and channel surfed until we found a show that we all found intriguing.
That show was
It was a short-lived series about an investigative reporter who stumbled upon supernatural phenomena. It was the X-Files, except that it ran in the late 70s - early 80s. And we totally loved it.
Last night, while shopping for clothes in the local Target, I strolled through the DVD section and found a disc that contains two of the feature-length Nightstalker episodes. I am almost beyond words in the joy that I feel at this discovery. I’d post more info about it, but unless you’re my immediate famiy, it probably would not mean much to you. But suffice it to say that yesterday, I stumbled upon a great treat.
Which more than makes up for the bizzare nightmares I had last night. Whoever’s in charge of dreams, will you freaking lighten up already?
October 9th, 2004 at 12:45 am
I remember the Nightstalker! That was the scariest show. My brother and I loved to watch it even though it would give us terrible nightmares. I remember an episode where the reporter Kolchak had to climb into a hearse and pour salt(I think) in a zombie’s mouth and sew it up in order to kill the zombie. Spooky!
October 9th, 2004 at 11:37 am
Hey, I hear that insanity cures crappy dreams! Want to visit to the institution with me? Maybe shock therapy is still on offer!
Oh yeah, totally turning into Brenda Chenowith.
October 9th, 2004 at 5:32 pm
I was a complete _Nightstalker_ junkie as a kid: it was my absolute favorite show. Seriously. Recently, they had a marathon of _Nightstalker_ on the Sci-Fi channel, and my sister called me long distance because she knew I wouldn’t want to miss it.
Of course, I was already watching the Sci-Fi channel, ’cause I’m a geek. . . .:-)
Sorry to hear about the bad dreams. What *kind* of bad dreams were they?
October 10th, 2004 at 10:54 pm
I loved the NightStalker but it used to scare the hell out of me. That was some scarry &^%$! I had to watch it through the crack between my fingers. I watched the first Alien movie and was scared of that too, so didn’t get into the others. Then as the years went by and I got a nerve or two I saw them playing the series on the scifi channel and had a blast watching them. Have you ever seen the movie Alien Mine? It’s awsome. Dennise Quade and Louet Gosset Jr. (sp) Gosset plays an awsome alien and he gives birth to little Zamies. Awsome, Awsome, if you like scifi.
October 11th, 2004 at 3:03 pm
You know I am all about the dreams… tell me what they were about…..
October 11th, 2004 at 6:27 pm
Who knew there were so many people who watched that show??? I met two more over the weekend who also remembered it and asked if I could get copies of the DVD.
Stacey, I’m replying to you out-of-band.
October 14th, 2004 at 11:56 am
How wierd is this? Seen on Varietey.com this morning: “ABC makes ‘Night’ call
‘Files’ scribe hoping to revive spooky ’70s skein
Thirty years after it first aired, creepy cult classic “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” could be making a comeback.
Frank SpotnitzFrank Spotnitz, one of the creative forces behind “The X-Files,” is developing a fresh take on “Night Stalker” for ABC, the original home of the spooky series. Project reps the first major piece of development for Spotnitz under his overall deal at Touchstone TelevisionTouchstone Television (Daily Variety, Aug. 24).” The rest of the story is here: but subscription is required for the link