UNCUT - The Night Strangler (1973)

I've been looking forward to this one.

A bit of trivia-- guest star JoAnne Pflug was in the cast of the film version of MASH, along with Rene Auberjonois

I’m just about to watch it with you guys. I loved it when the series was on regular TV. It was really good horror without having to be graphic. Similar to Alfred Hitchcock.

My Favorite Episode of the Series is The Zombie, I think its the best o f the series and it's sharply written by the future creator of the Soprano David Chase who is quite involved in the series

McGavin is such an underappreciated actor, he's been so good in so many things and great here,

Dark Shadows mention! 🎉 I’m working my way through the original 1,225 episode series (on ep 298). Finally got to the color eps… it’s very gothic horror & gets more insane the further along… and I haven’t even gotten to the time travel bits yet. Prior to the 2009 Tim Burton / Johnny Depp remake, there were two films made in the 70’s with the original TV series cast: House of Dark Shadows & Night of Dark Shadows. These movies are compressed retellings of popular elements & storylines from the show, much like the two Peter Cushing Dr. Who films in the 60’s did.

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gonna have to watch this one, love it

This was great to watch. I hope you continue with the individual episodes.

I grew up (and still live) in eastern Washington State and have been to Seattle multiple times. All of the locations they used were legitimately in Seattle, and the underground city is a real thing. I have been in the tunnels they used in the movie a couple of times! I also have eaten at the restaurant atop the Space Needle - it was super expensive but worth it at the time. The section at the end though? Yeah, none of that part was real, and they did use the Bradbury Building (in L.A.) for it. Great reactiion to a great TV horror movie! I think you guys will enjoy the TV series too. Oh, and as a Dark Shadows fan, I can tell you that Dan Curtis has a definite style when it comes to horror, and the Night Strangler is a great example of that.

Written by the legendary Richard Matheson!

Al Lewis as the tramp? He played grampa on the Munstres. He looked so young. The score reminded me of Dark Shadows which seems logical. Dan Curtis produced Dark Shadows too. Makes sense that he had it scored by the same composer, Robert Corbert.

Fun Facts: 1) Seattle Underground is real, and last I knew they still do tours. You can look it up on that internet thing. 2) Darren McGavin's wife at this time was Kathie Browne who played Deela in the Star Trek TOS season 3 episode "Wink of an Eye". 3) Darren McGavin played the original boss to Lee Majors' character Steve Austin in the ABC pilot movie The Six Million Dollar Man. He was succeeded by Richard Anderson, who played Dr. Richard Malcom in this movie, as Oscar Goldman . 4) Wally Cox (Mr Berry) was trained at The Actor's Studio in New York alongside Marlon Brando. His roles were largely comedic, and he was the voice of the title character for the Underdog cartoon show in the 1960's.

Dan Curtis was the first tv producer not named Rod Serling I know of who became semi famous. I guess Dark Shadows is his lasting contribution, but he also did Trilogy Of Terror, which has to be the most famous TV movie from the 70s, as well as taking cracks at Dracula, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray, and then in the 80s did prestige stuff like War and Remembrance that ran 40 hours. His Dark Shadows series from 91 was good, but the gulf war screwed with its schedule so much it was canceled.

Dan Curtis loved those side-angle shots. He used them in pretty much everything he directed.

That Dr. Spock would be Dr. Benjamin Spock who wrote a popular book on child psychology way back when, years before Star Trek.

What a pleasant surprise this is after getting off work. Interested to hear what you both think of it.