The Night Stalker
1972
Las Vegas, Nevada
John Llewellyn Moxey
Horror Thriller TV Movie
What’s it all about: A red-eyed lunatic is draining the blood of Vegas cocktail waitresses and sending the police force tumbling into the pool. While city officials are busy shouting at one another, casino hostess Carol Lynley does the sensible thing – puts down her crochet and reads up on vampires.
First Encounter: first viewing
Prostitute Index: high
Death By: a bite to the throat
Relics: shiny foreheads, silent fighting, lo-fi Las Vegas Strip
Hoops: having a tough-ass newspaper editor for a boss, getting run out of town
Heartthrobs: Carol Lynley, Darren McGavin
Pass/Fails the Test of Time: Barry Atwater
LoFi Magic: nighttime brawl at a blood-bank hospital staffed entirely with stuntman orderlies
Words to live by: “You’re going to get your pushy tushy kicked right out of town. You dig?”
Makes me want to: Etsy a 70s stuntmen calendar
Candotti Take: “If French movies are always in the end about prostitutes, 70s movies are always in the end about vampires.”
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes
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