‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’ Reviews  

Movies 

“The Night Stalker” (1972) 

“The Night Strangler” (1973) 

TV Series 

“Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974-75) 

“Night Stalker” (2005) 

Books 

“The Kolchak Papers” (a.k.a. “The Night Stalker”) by Jeff Rice (1972, collected in “The Original Novels”) 

“The Night Strangler” by Jeff Rice (1973, novelization of Richard Matheson’s screenplay, collected in “The Original Novels”) 

“Grave Secrets” by Mark Dawidziak (1994) 

“Richard Matheson’s Kolchak Scripts” (2003, including unfilmed screenplay “The Night Killers”) 

“Chronicles” (2005, short story collection, collected in “Compendium”) 

“Casebook” (2006, short story collection, collected in “Compendium”) 

“A Black and Evil Truth” by C.J. Henderson (2007) 

“The Lost World” by C.J. Henderson (2012, novella) 

“Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak: Cry for Thunder” by Joe Gentile (2014, novelization of graphic novel “Cry of Thunder”) 

“The Last Temptation” by Jim Beard (2019, novella) 

“Strangled By Death” by Will McDermott (2021, novella) 

Comic Books (Moonstone) 

“Fever Pitch” (2002, collected in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” Volume 1 and “Big Book of Kolchak”) 

“Get of Belial” (2002, based on unfilmed teleplay, collected in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” Volume 1, “Bare Bones” TPB and “Big Book of Kolchak”) 

“The Night Stalker” (2002, adaptation of first movie, collected in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” Volume 1 and “Big Book of Kolchak”) 

“Devil in the Details” (2003, collected in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” Volume 2 and “Big Book of Kolchak”) 

“Lambs to the Slaughter” (2003, collected in “Bare Bones” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” Volume 3) 

“Pain Most Human” (2003, collected in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” Volume 2 and “Big Book of Kolchak”) 

“Mask of Moment” (2004, published in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” Volume 1 and “Big Book of Kolchak”) 

“Pain without Tears” (2004, collected in “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” Volume 2 and “Big Book of Kolchak”) 

“Tales of the Night Stalker” Issues 1-7 (2004, three issues collected in “The Night Strangler Files” TPB) 

“Eve of Terror” (2005, based on unfilmed teleplay, collected in “Bare Bones” TPB and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” Volume 3) 

“Tales: Black and White and Red All Over” (2005) 

“Tales: Ghost Stories” (2006) 

“Tales: Frankenstein Agenda” Issues 1-3 (2007, collected in “Monsters Among Us” TPB) 

“The Lovecraftian Horror” (2007, illustrated novel) 

“Sherlock Holmes and Kolchak: Cry of Thunder” Issues 1-3 (2008) 

“Tales” Annual (2008) 

“Tales: Night Stalker of the Living Dead” Issues 1-3 (2008, collected in “Monsters Among Us” TPB) 

“Files” Issues 1-3 (2010) 

“Lovecraftian Damnation” (2010) 

“The Night Strangler” (2010, adaptation of second movie, collected in “The Night Strangler Files” TPB) 

“The Rise and Fall of Carl Kolchak” (2010) 

“Honey West and Kolchak” (2012) 

“Necronomicon” (2012) 

“Kolchak The Night Stalker and Dr. Moreau” (2013) 

“Double Feature: Penny Dreadful and The Time Stalker” (2016) 

“Kolchak/Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.” (2016) 

“The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe” (2016)

“Passages of the Macabre” (2016) 

“Phoenix Rising” (2016) 

“Double Feature: The Night Killers and The Night Chicago Died” (2017, the first story is based on the unfilmed screenplay for the third movie) 

“Double Shot: The Green Hornet and Kolchak” (2021) 

“Double Shot: Kolchak and The Phoenix” (2021)

“Kolchak and the Night Stalkers: The Faceless God” (2021) 

“Kolchak and the Night Stalkers: Partners in Crime” (2021) 

“Double Shot: The Green Hornet and Kolchak” (2022)

Nonfiction Books 

“Night Stalking: A 20th Anniversary Kolchak Companion” by Mark Dawidziak (1991) 

“The Night Stalker Companion: A 25th Anniversary Tribute” by Mark Dawidziak (1997) 

Commentaries 

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Elsewhere

Websites

It Couldn’t Happen Here … — Peter Enfantino and John Scoleri review every installment of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and provide other special features.

Podcasts

The Kolchak Legacy — Host Jason Stephens, along with various guests, journey through the TV series, TV movies, books, comics and reboot.

Kolchak’s Loop — Hosts Robert and Bradley cover the Jeff Rice books, TV movies, TV show, comics and more.

The Kolchak Tapes — Mike White of The Projection Booth reviews every “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” installment and every “Night Stalker” episode.