The Dark

The Dark

92 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | April 27, 1979

At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy knows what the killer is and how to stop it.

The Dark

92 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | April 27, 1979

The Dark
At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy knows what the killer is and how to stop it.
IMDb rating 4.2
Producers Film Ventures International (FVI)
Original title The Dark
Directors John "Bud" Cardos
Writers Stanford Whitmore

Cast

William Devane

as Roy Warner, aka Steve Dupree

Cathy Lee Crosby

as Zoe Owens

Richard Jaeckel

as Det. Dave Mooney

Keenan Wynn

as Sherman 'Sherm' Moss

Warren J. Kemmerling

as Police Captain Speer

Biff Elliot

as Detective Jack Bresler

Jacquelyn Hyde

as De Renzy

Casey Kasem

as Police Pathologist

Vivian Blaine

as Cortney Floyd

John Bloom

as The Dark

Bill Derringer

as Herman Burmeister (as William Derringer)

Jay Lawrence

as Jim, the newscaster

Russ Marin

as Dr. Baranowski

Vernon Washington

as Henry Lydell

John Dresden

as Policeman

William Lampley

as Young Man

Jeffrey Reese

as Randy Morse

Valla Rae McDade

as Camilla, Randy's girl

Ken Minyard

as Ken Minyard, the sportscaster

Monica Peterson

as Mrs. Lydell

Kathy Hilton

as Shelly Warner

Philip Michael Thomas

as Corn Rows

Ernest Robinson

as Policeman

Angelo Rossitto

as Angie (uncredited)

Kristephan Warren-Stevens

as Crowd Protester