| 88 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
A really good, really weird show. |
| 75 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
Right from the dark start, the new "Night Stalker" is a more provocative, emotionally layered thrill ride. |
| 70 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
A dependable source of entertaining fright. |
| 70 |
Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart
For all those who are not confirmed “CSI” fans, this is worth a look. |
| 70 |
The New York Times Ned Martel
There's something stylishly scary at work here. |
| 63 |
Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
The show's weaknesses, in its first two episodes, rest in some slack dialogue and unevenly edited payoffs of suspense. |
| 63 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
What the show lacks most is the humor that lightened the original. |
| 63 |
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
This doesn't have as distinctive a style as The WB's Supernatural--that's more like a jeans ad for the undead--but Kolchak three decades on still knows how to move. [24 Oct 2005, p.41] |
| 60 |
Variety Phil Gallo
[It] lacks the flavor of the original and would have worked better under a different title. |
| 60 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
Perfectly fine and nothing special. |
| 50 |
Cleveland Plain Dealer Mark Dawidziak
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. |
| 50 |
PopMatters Bill Gibron
Despite these obvious missteps and in between the blatant attempts to appease original fans, Night Stalker shows promise. |
| 40 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
If a show could get by on atmosphere alone, ABC's stylishy shot "Night Stalker" would be an outright success. It is creepy, spooky and scary.... But all this isn't enough to overcome what will likely prove to be an insurmountable problem: casting. |
| 38 |
USA Today Robert Bianco
There are two major things you need to know about Night Stalker. One is that it's a third-rate rip-off of a superior series. The other is that the series it's ripping off is The X-Files. |
| 38 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
The first episode is moody and violent but not particularly frightening. The second is psychobabble nonsense without much suspense. |
| 30 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
It looks a lot less like "Kolchak" than like a cup of weakly brewed "X-Files" -- minus the spice and clever humor. |
| 30 |
Newsday Verne Gay
What is missing here is heart, drama, and - most inexcusably - horror. |
| 30 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
Individually and as a team, Townsend and Union exhibit less chemistry than a third-grade science set. |
| 30 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
It's not the weakest of the new supernatural pilots, but it so quickly falls into generic horror moves and a stifling atmosphere that it doesn't make for a terribly auspicious hour. |
| 30 |
Chicago Tribune Sid Smith
A bland, routine echo of its predecessor, even if it boasts much more spectacular effects. |
| 30 |
LA Weekly Robert Abele
This is one decidedly unfrightening resurrection of the Night Stalker. |
| 20 |
Salon Heather Havrilesky
The story is weak and, based on their performances, the cast knows it. |
| 10 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
Kolchak's ridiculously precious writing is not the only thing that rings false about Night Stalker. |
