KOLCHAK Series Coming to Blu-Ray from Kino

[AndyDursin]

[Paul MacLean]

Great news!

I have never been a fan of much 1970s American TV, but this is one of the best series ever -- suspenseful, scary, humorous, with a exceedingly funny premise -- a tabloid scribe who writes the kind of preposterous "tall stories" typical of those rags, except they are actually true!

It's a shame Kolchak only lasted one season, but it was an idea before its time. Had it appeared in the 90s or later I think it would have been a much bigger hit.



The series was very well-scored too, with impressive scores by Gil Melle and Jerry Fielding.

[Monterey Jack]

It's a shame Kolchak only lasted one season, but it was an idea before its time. Had it appeared in the 90s or later I think it would have been a much bigger hit.

You have Kolchak to thank for The X-Files, as Chris Carter was a big fan in the 70s and wanted to capture some of the same "feel". He even cast Darren McGavin in the series as retired FBI agent Arthur Dales.

[Eric Paddon]

"Kolchak" IMO suffered from a problem that also made "X-Files" not an interesting show for me. Going up against a monster *every* week after a while removes the horror and makes it predictable. "The Night Stalker" IMO is a brilliant movie because it's making you consider the possibility of something like this for the first time, but as a series the formula became too repetitive for my taste. Even McGavin felt the show was limited in that respect and he'd never been keen about doing it as a weekly series.