Remember the song by Aerosmith? Kolchek's got a gun, Kolchek's got a gun, werewolves better run. This episode works really good despite the utter silliness the series wanted to have. Is it scary? Well maybe at the end, as Kolchak confronts the beast, but until then its really good camp. A werewolf in a leisure suit? Well I guess werewolves have fashion statements as well. OK lets look at this show, which I bought on DVD. It was a really really cool, like in Six Million Dollar Man cool, for me as a pre teen in the day to watch. My life at that time was controlled by adults and since we only had one TV (remember those kind of days?), I rarely got to see but the one or two episodes I think when this was first run. That tid bit of getting just a taste can really make you crave something versus if you had it all available. A great Night Stalker episode, from a camp viewpoint, not scary at all but a lot of fun. I love the way they did the stop motion when the monster attacked, very well done. Look for the character actors you will remember in different roles, there's Hymie the robot from Get Smart and the a-kissing Luetenant from McHales Navy here (Parker I think was his name), and of course the monster is played by the guy who was the German Officer in Rat Patrol and in a soap opera for years (may still be there, are there soap opera's anymore?). 9 of 10, this is not a boring Night Stalker episode.
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