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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