Night Stalker

A really good, really weird show.

A dependable source of entertaining fright.

The show's weaknesses, in its first two episodes, rest in some slack dialogue and unevenly edited payoffs of suspense.

Give it some style points, no doubt, because there are several very cool moments. But you get the feeling that Spotnitz knows where the problems are, and he's trying to fix them.

This is one decidedly unfrightening resurrection of the Night Stalker.

What is missing here is heart, drama, and - most inexcusably - horror.

Kolchak's ridiculously precious writing is not the only thing that rings false about Night Stalker.