Sally the Zombie Cheerleader's School of Horror presents one of the big, television sequels of the 1970s: The Night Strangler.
Darren McGavin reprises his Night Stalker role as tenacious reporter Carl Kolchak (with his character now relocated to Seattle, Washington), along with Simon Oakland as his cantankerous boss, Tony Vincenzo. Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman of The Six Million Dollar Man) joins them as the titular fiend, Dr. Richard Malcolm, a subterranean dweller who kills young women for their blood, so he may concoct an elixir to stay nice and spry. (Margaret Hamilton, John Carradine, Al Lewis, Wally Cox, Scott Brady, Jo Ann Pflug and Nina Wayne flesh out the all-star cast.)
Producer/director Dan (Dark Shadows) Curtis and writer Richard (I Am Legend) Matheson were back for this creepy follow-up, which helps instill The Night Stalker's uncanny vibe. (Bob Cobert's score further instills the atmospheric mood.)
This 1973 entry also holds more humor than its predecessor, but still proved haunting enough to pave the way for the Kolchak: The Night Stalker series.
The lovely yet ravenous Sally (accompanied by her wisenheimer SkeleKat) is in top form, filling in all the edifying gaps (as well as supplying captioned, trivia inserts throughout the movie), making this a terrific companion piece to her recently hosted Night Stalker installment. Truly, one will come away knowing a generous heap about this sequel, which will come in handy if Sally throws a Fleshie pop quiz.
Check out Sally the Zombie Cheerleader's School of Horror: The Night Strangler at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF6SwDneO4s
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