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Format: Import, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Studio: Walt Disney Video
DVD Release Date: May 30 2006

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000EOTV98

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If Night Stalker had been given a chance to establish its own identity, this "reimagining" of the popular early '70s TV movies might have thrived. Instead, many viewers perceived the short-lived series as a thinly disguised X-Files spinoff, with former X-Files producer Frank Spotnitz apparently hired to recycle X-Files plots in a slightly different format. That's not necessarily a bad thing, since the series boasts superior production values and dark, sometimes violent horror plots as effectively creepy as anything seen on X-Files. But fans of the original (both TV movies and 1974 series) bristled at ABC's obvious youth-market makeover that turned Darren McGavin's original "Carl Kolchak" from a cynical, sarcastic middle-aged reporter on the fringes of journalism into a hip, handsome, Mustang-driving young reporter (played by Irish actor Stuart Townsend) who's literally marked for death in what was intended (if the series had survived) to be an epic battle of good vs. evil. By pairing Kolchak with an equally young, attractive, and skeptical colleague named Perri Reed (Gabrielle Union), the series struggled to find its place among such popular shows as Medium and the CSI juggernaut, and there just wasn't enough originality to keep viewers interested. Ratings plummeted after the pilot premiered on September 29, 2005, and of the ten episodes produced and included here, only six were broadcast before the show's inevitable cancellation.

As Spotnitz conceived it (with several X-Files veterans serving as directors or consulting producers), Night Stalker revolved around an epic "mythology" that would've emerged had the series continued. Spotnitz outlines these broader details in his smart, informative DVD commentaries, allowing viewers a greater appreciation of how the series was being planned. As it stands, the new Kolchak is striving to solve the violent, monstrous attack that killed his wife, and his ongoing investigations draw him deeper into supernatural events, mostly explored in episodes so similar to X-Files that you could easily exchange Kolchak and Reed for agents Mulder and Scully and barely notice the difference. From their high-rise offices at the Los Angeles Beacon (beautifully filmed in high-def digital video), Kolchak and Reed solve brutal murders, bizarre deaths, and other mysteries with the help of photographer Jain McManus (Eric Jungman) and editor Tony Vincenzo (Cotter Smith), while a cynical FBI agent (semi-regular cast member John Pyper-Ferguson) suspects Kolchak of killing his wealthy wife to inherit her estate. As these 10 episodes demonstrate, the hard-won trust between Kolchak and Reed would become the series' emotional anchor, with Townsend and Union establishing an appealing chemistry that served the series well.

Unfortunately, Night Stalker was doomed from the start. The series was cancelled in the midst of a two-part episode, leaving viewers with an unresolved cliffhanger and unanswered questions about the mysterious "four horsemen of the apocalypse" biker gang that's been a looming threat throughout these episodes. Thanks to Spotnitz's detailed commentaries and video interview included on this two-disc set (along with printable DVD-ROM scripts from unproduced episodes), these and other mysteries are tantalizingly explained, and these ten Night Stalker episodes stand as testament to a high-quality series that never had a chance to prove its long-term potential. --Jeff Shannon

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Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound
widescreen (1.78:1) enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions

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5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy successor to Kolchak the Night Stalker, Nov 20 2008

By	Terence Tan Co "tetsuo79" (Vancouver) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While close, this latest incarnation of Night Stalker is a worthy successor and its very good though its kinda very X-Fileslike which I think killed the show.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Stalking, Feb 23 2007

By	E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Remaking a classic movie is hard enough. Remaking a TV series is far worse. So it was with groans of dismay that viewers greeted "Night Stalker," a remake of the classic horror/humor/scifi series.

Fortunately, the resulting series is not actually that bad. But unfortunately it's not that good either -- it has little in common with the original series, but it never establishes a style or identity for itself either. As a result, it comes across as "Mulder and Scully working at the Beacon."

A pregnant housewife is kidnapped and found horribly mutilated in the desert. Perri Reed (Gabrielle Union) is assigned to the task, but soon finds herself working with Carl Kolchak (Stuart Townsend), a strange reporter whose wife died in a manner identical to the murdered housewife. Only when Perri starts to believe in Kolchak are they able to find who did it.

In the weeks that follow, Kolchak and Perri encounter many bizarre crimes -- a killer who can manipulate people's minds, a college hazing becomes ensnared in a ghost's terror, a dead bioterrorist seems to be killing again, demonic possession, and apocalyptic bikers.

Additionally, there are four episodes that had been filmed when ABC yanked the plug on this one. The first wraps up the storyline of a two-parter, and then it's back to the weird and wild: mummified office workers, Kolchak is kidnapped, and an episode based on the "Night Strangler" TV movie.

Don't expect any resemblance to "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" here. Kolchak is no longer an eccentric lone wolf, but a pouty crime expert with a comely sidekick, who is very conventional and skeptical. No humor. No mythic creatures. And apparently a love of truth is not enough to motivate Kolchak -- the creators gave him a rather hackneyed "revenge" motive.

Yeah, it sounds like the "X-Files." Even the FBI persecuting Kolchak seems too X-Filesian, not to mention the presence of The Pretty Skeptic Lady, and the Kindly And Tolerant Superior Who Puts Up With Weird Reports. It was made by the same people who made "X-Files," but couldn't they have varied the formula a little?

Taken on its own, "Night Stalker" is a fairly entertaining series -- there are some wonderfully spooky moments, such as the scene in the werewolf cave. Dialogue is pretty average. And though the shakycam style is a little annoying, the camerawork is quite nice -- eerie lighting and pulsing streets make the city look surreal, nightmarish and almost alive.

Townsend and Union are both pretty good in their roles. Not great, but good. Townsend is at his best in "interview" scenes, where he gets up close and personal with everything from a crazed murderer to a frightened little girl. He's a bit wooden in the more emotional scenes, while Union is steady but never gets a chance to show any more depth.

"The Night Stalker" is a fairly enjoyable series -- though it never comes close to the original -- but it suffers from the "X-Files" formula. Otherwise, it's a fairly amusing way to get your scares.

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