Crackle of Death (1976)
March 28, 1976Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Darren McGavin
Carl Kolchak
Carol Ann Susi
Monique Marmelstein
Simon Oakland
Tony Vincenzo
William Smith
Shaman Jim Elkhorn (segment: "The Energy Eater")
Elaine Giftos
Nurse Janis Eisen (segment: "The Energy Eater")
Alexander Grasshoff
Director
Don Weis
Director
Fred Beir
Ryder Marshall Bond (segment: "Firefall")
Philip Carey
Sergeant Mayer (segment: "Firefall")
David Doyle
Mr. Cardinale (segment: "Firefall")
Tom Drake
Don Kibbey (segment: "The Energy Eater")
Jack Grinnage
Ron Updyke
Ruth McDevitt
Emily Cowles
Alice Backes
Michael Fox
Robert Cornthwaite
Robert Yuro
Joyce Jillson
Madlyn Rhue
Lenore Kasdorf
Joshua Shelley
Carol Veazie
Patricia Estrin
Melissa Greene
Gary Glanz
Bob Golden
Martha Manor
Marcus Smith
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Wiki.
Crackle of Death is a 1974 film, the fourth produced in the Night Stalker film series.It combined the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episodes "Firefall" and "The Energy Eater" with additional narration by Darren McGavin as Kolchak. It also contains new dialogue by McGavin, Oakland and Grinnage, as well as new "scenes", such as a newspaper on a desk and the image of the Doppelganger being inserted into old footage (for example, when Kolchak looks at the sky, he sees the Doppelganger's giant face). The new material was put together in late March 1976.
Before Crackle of Death was a third movie entitled The Demon and the Mummy that combined two more episodes in a similar manner; namely, "Demon In Lace" and "Legacy of Terror".
All four episodes comprising these films were subsequently withdrawn from the original television syndication package. They were not made available in their entirety again until a Columbia House VHS video release in the 1990s. The TV-edited films have never been released on home video.