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Did anyone else think this:

posted 8 years ago by shango7200
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In late 1973 / early 1974 TV Guide announced that The Night Stalker would be a TV series. BUT they did NOT say what the FORMAT would be.
So in my little 6th grade head; I presumed that the series was going to play out like this:

Janos Skorzeny would be brought back to life (er...death?) and leave a trail of vampire slaves/victims all over the USA as he moved around and tried not to be caught. Kolchak would follow him from town-to-town and city-to-city and would always be a few steps behind Skorzeny. In the meantime- Carl would do battle with various people newly transformed into Vampires . Along the way, MELODRAMA would set in ( a little kid Carl befriends becomes a vampire, a guy in a traveling rock group becomes a vampire, a Nun becomes a vampire, a Tony Vencenzos ex-wife becomes a vampire, etc.)
ANYWAY: I was THRILLED when I found out it was going to be Monster-of-the-Week (even though McGavin was not crazy for the idea and it wore itself tissue thin by cancellation time!.
Anyone else ???????????????????

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[–] brimfin 8 years ago

Since THE NIGHT STALKER and THE NIGHT STRANGLER involved two different creatures, I rather imagined the show would be a monster of the week type. I've never been a fan of vampires myself (or zombies, until iZOMBIE), but I admit your scenario has some intriguing possibilities.