Crackle of Death

Crackle of Death

92 mins | Thriller, Horror, TV Movie | March 28, 1976

The first of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Firefall (about the ghost of an arsonist that tries to take over a renowned conductor's body as his doppelgänger) and The Energy Eater (about a Native American bear-spirit haunting a newly built hospital) and adds new narration by Darren McGavin.

Crackle of Death

92 mins | Thriller, Horror, TV Movie | March 28, 1976

Crackle of Death
The first of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Firefall (about the ghost of an arsonist that tries to take over a renowned conductor's body as his doppelgänger) and The Energy Eater (about a Native American bear-spirit haunting a newly built hospital) and adds new narration by Darren McGavin.
Producers
Original title Crackle of Death
Directors Alexander Grasshoff, Don Weis
Writers

Cast

Darren McGavin

as Carl Kolchak

Simon Oakland

as Tony Vincenzo

Carol Ann Susi

as Monique Marmelstein

William Smith

as Shaman Jim Elkhorn

Elaine Giftos

as Nurse Janice Eisen

Fred Beir

as Ryder Bond

Philip Carey

as Sgt. Mayer

David Doyle

as Mr. Cardinale

Tom Drake

as Don Kibbey

Jack Grinnage

as Ron Updyke

Ruth McDevitt

as Emily Cowles