Kolchak: The Night Stalker Newsletter

Do you remember Friday nights in 1974?

Eagerly awaiting your favorite TV show about a bumbling newspaper reporter named Carl Kolchak? The scary, yet often times silly, monster-of-the-week? If you do remember Kolchak: The Night Stalker, then "...it couldn't happen here" is the newsletter you've been waiting for. Inspiration for The X-Files, K:TNS started as two successful TV movies - The Night Stalker in 1972 and The Night Strangler in 1973. The weekly series followed in 1974/75 but only lasted twenty episodes. As a reporter for the INS, Kolchak tangled with werewolves, mummies, zombies, killer androids, headless motorcyclists and many other strange terrors.

Now, Mark A. Schultz, contributor to Japanese science fiction fanzines G-FAN and The Kaiju Review, takes you back in time to the early 1970's to relive those wonderful memories of horror and humor with "...it couldn't happen here," the quarterly published newsletter from RUBBERbEAR Printings.
Carl Kolchak
Carl Kolchak, INS Reporter

ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER

"...it couldn't happen here" is a quarterly published newsletter from RUBBERbEAR Printings. Subscription rate for one year (4 issues) is $12.00 ($15.00 outside the USA). Send check or money order made out to Mark Schultz to "...it couldn't happen here" PO Box 4000, Center Line, MI 48015.

#1 - SOLD OUT!

#2 Winter 96 - The Knightly Murders, part two of Eve of Terror, an article on Seattle's underground city, merchandise update, a do-it-yourself game, news, book reviews and letters from readers.

#3 Spring 97 - Exclusive interview with "The Night Stalker Companion" author Mark Dawidziak, part three of Eve of Terror, unused scenes from The Ripper, excerpts from an interview with Dan Curtis, the legend of the Raksasha, news and reader's letters.

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#5 Fall 97 - Synopsis & unused scenes for Horror in the Heights, monster legends like Peremalfait & the Diablero, Gallery of Guest Stars, one fan's point-of-view, a Planet of the Apes comparison, news, etc.

#6 Winter 97 - Bad Medicine synopsis, Jeff Rice interview part one, X-Files/Kolchak comparison, unused scenes from The Knightly Murders, synopsis of unused script The Executioners part 1, reviews & merchandise update.

#7 Spring 98 - A Night Stalker film special: movie synopsis and unused scenes, Jeff Rice interview part two, Kolchak in comic books, The Executioners part 2, Rogues' Gallery: Janos Skorzeny.

#8 (available Summer 98) - A Night Strangler special: movie synopsis and unused scenes, Jeff Rice interview part three, the true identity of the Night Strangler, exclusive interview with Anchor Bay Entertainment personnel.

#9 (available Fall 98) - The Devil's Platform synopsis and unused scenes, Bad Medicine unused scenes and more.


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MOVIE GUIDE

The Night Stalker (1972)
The Night Strangler a.k.a. The Time Killer (1973)
[unproduced] The Night Killer (January 15, 1974)
Crackle of Death (1976) - compilation TV movie
Demon and the Mummy (1976) - compilation TV movie
[unproduced] The Return of the Night Stalker (1991) - proposed television remake
[so far, unproduced] The Night Stalker (1998?) - proposed theatrical remake of first novel

EPISODE GUIDE
1974 - 1975

1. The Ripper
2. The Zombie
3. They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be... {a.k.a. U.F.O.}
4. The Vampire
5. The Werewolf
6. Firefall {a.k.a. The Doppelganger}
7. The Devil's Platform
8. Bad Medicine {a.k.a. Diablero}
9. The Spanish Moss Murders
10. The Energy Eater {a.k.a. Matchemonedo}
11. Horror in the Heights {a.k.a. The Rakshasa}
12. Mr. R.I.N.G.
13. Primal Scream {a.k.a. The Humanoids}
14. The Trevi Collection
15. Chopper
16. Demon in Lace
17. Legacy of Terror {a.k.a. Lord of the Smoking Mirror}
18. The Knightly Murders
19. The Youth Killer
20. The Sentry
[unproduced] Eve of Terror
[unproduced] The Get of Belial
[unproduced] The Executioners
[unproduced] untitled Phantom of the Opera episode by David Chase
[unproduced] untitled Bigfoot episode by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
[unproduced] The Piasa Bird (would have been the second season's premiere episode)