The must-watch made-for-TV motion pictures, the cult ’70s sequence, and the endearing performances by Darren McGavin as he investigated all method of paranormal predicaments: something and all the pieces that needed to do with Kolchak: The Night time Stalker all began with Jeff Rice’s unpublished novel, which is being resurrected on February eleventh by James Aquilone’s Monstrous Books, who’ve teamed up with Blackstone Audio to launch an audiobook model that will probably be narrated by legendary actor William Katt (The Best American Hero, Carrie, Home)!
Learn on for extra particulars on the Kolchak: The Night time Stalker audiobook (together with Katt’s pleasure to step into the world of Kolchak), and to study extra this new launch of Rice’s novel, learn our earlier Q&A with James Aquilone and go to Monstrous Books’ official web site!
In 1972 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER transfixed audiences. The film turned the highest-rated TV film in U.S. historical past and spawned the cult TV sequence starring Darren McGavin. The TV film’s iconic screenplay was written by horror legend and novelist Richard Matheson (I Am Legend) and was based mostly on an unpublished novel by Jeff Rice, which was launched the next yr. Now Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author James Aquilone and Monstrous Books have acquired the print rights to Kolchak and will probably be teaming up with Blackstone Audio to launch an audiobook of Jeff Rice’s authentic, cult novel narrated by actor William Katt (Best American Hero, Carrie).
“It was a humbling expertise working within the shadow of Jeff Rice and Darren McGavin!” William Katt mentioned. “The cult traditional Kolchak: The Night time Stalker laid the groundwork for thus many reveals that adopted—together with The Best American Hero and so many others that borrowed generously and paid homage to the wonderful world of Carl Kolchak!”
“I at all times thought William Katt would make an important Carl Kolchak,” mentioned James Aquilone, writer of Monstrous Books and editor of the award-winning Kolchak: The Night time Stalker fiftieth Anniversary graphic novel. “So after I had the chance to decide on a narrator for Monstrous Books’ reprint of the unique Kolchak: The Night time Stalker novel, I knew I needed to attain out to the star of one among my favourite reveals as a child, The Best American Hero.”
The brand new, deluxe version of KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER additionally encompasses a new foreword by author and actor David Dastmalchian (Rely Crowley; Late Night time with the Satan), a brand new afterword by author and producer Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia), a brand new essay on Jeff Rice by Kolchak professional Mark Dawidziak, (The Night time Stalker Companion) and a canopy by Russ Braun (The Boys).
Within the KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER novel, the corpses of younger girls – lots of whom are working night time jobs — are found, drained of blood, with uncommon puncture marks on their necks, and it’s as much as intrepid reporter Carl Kolchak to seek out out what occurred to them.
Monstrous Books’ definitive version of KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER — which publishes on February 11, 2025 — can be obtainable as an book and commerce paperback.
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ABOUT WILLIAM KATT
William Katt is an American actor and musician greatest identified for his roles as Paul Drake Jr. within the tv sequence The New Adventures of Perry Mason and as Ralph Hinkley within the tv sequence The Best American Hero.
Katt was born on February 16, 1951 in Los Angeles, California. He’s the son of actor Invoice Williams and actress Barbara Hale, each of whom had been well-known performers within the Forties and Nineteen Fifties. Katt started his performing profession at a younger age, showing in numerous tv reveals and movies all through the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties. In 1980, Katt gained widespread recognition for his position as Ralph Hinkley in The Best American Hero, a science fiction comedy-drama sequence about an bizarre man who’s entrusted with a superhero go well with. Katt’s efficiency as Hinkley earned him a Golden Globe Award for Greatest Actor in a Tv Collection – Musical or Comedy.
Along with his work in tv, Katt has additionally appeared in a number of movies, together with Carrie (1976), First Love (1977), and Massive Wednesday (1978). He has additionally lent his voice to a number of animated sequence and video video games, together with The Batman and World of Warcraft.
Except for his performing profession, Katt can be a proficient musician, enjoying the guitar and singing in a number of bands through the years. In recent times, he has carried out together with his band The Wild Ones at numerous venues throughout america.
ABOUT MONSTROUS BOOKS
Monstrous is an unbiased writer centered on darkish fiction and action-packed tales. Owned and operated by Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author James Aquilone, Monstrous Books is devoted to creating high-quality print and digital comics, graphic novels, and prose books that intention to entertain with its tales and delight with its aesthetics. Monstrous is the brand new dwelling of Kolchak: The Night time Stalker. Its different titles embody Monstrous journal, Useless Detectives Society, Shakespeare Unleashed, and The Omega Eleven.
