Kolchak: The Night Stalker

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Karl kolchak is a reporter for the ins in chicago. In the show's first episode, he discovers that jack the ripper is still alive and at it again. There was jack the ripper, voodoo zombies, vampires and more. The dinosaur who bursts through walls like ... Read More

Cons

Vhs tapes of the show show virtually no difference in image clarity. Often when a monster attacks, a freeze frame occursthen you get a little audio, then the scene ends. Also at many times the video and audio are out of sync which is extremely annoyin... Read More

The picture looks grainy and is so dark as to be unwatchable in many scenes. Other parts are so dark that only vague shadows can be seen. He wears white so that you can notice old kolchak when he is out late at night, the screen is black and you can b... Read More

Each story has about 30 minutes or less of substance and the rest is fluff. Is it not amazing that the same blockhead (kolchak) would constantly run into the same supernatural threat every episode.

For me, the humor that i remembered so fondly undercuts all the suspense. I was particularly traumatized by the trevi collection and had a phobia about store mannequins for years afterwards. The presentation of this boxed set is terrible.

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Quality

The quality is great and my family is enjoying an old favorite we had not seen in years

Gift for 30 year old of show we use to watch and they were very happy with

The only reason i didnt give it 5 stars is the picture quality isnt pristine as i am sure the new bluray release is

A favorite old show of mine and the quality was very good

Price

Well it really isnt as good as i remembered but for the cost you cant go wrong

Packaging/appearance

The chicago pd do everything in their power to stymie him and his boss the dyspeptic tony vincenzo refuses to entertain karls n... Read More

Competitiveness

Despite its grandiose name though the ins is a small operation with digs located just below a very active stretch of chicagos e... Read More

But the stories are excellent especially compared to current tv

Very cool retro tv starring actor darren mcgavin the old man from a chistmas story

Of course a tv show from the 70s is a little low tech especially compared to todays programs

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This product had a total of 3,654 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 23 2022.