MACFlix to Feature "The Night Stalker" Aug. 29

PARK HILLS, Mo. – Mineral Area College’s student movie club, MACFlix, is offering a free viewing of the movie “The Night Stalker” at 8 p.m. on Aug. 29. MACFlix movies are presented on the outdoor big-screen on the Park Hills campus quadrangle (the waterfall area). Viewers have only to bring their lawnchairs, blankets and snacks to enjoy the show.
 
The cult classic, produced for TV in 1972, stars Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak, a hardboiled newspaper reporter trying to cover a string of brutal showgirl-killings in Vegas, while the authorities stonewall. Gradually, he begins to wonder….Could a vampire be loose in Sin City?
 
Dr. Kevin White, sponsor of MACFlix, said "The Night Stalker" was originally a made-for-television movie that rated so high that it was turned into a mainstream, theatrical release.
 
"It later spawned another well-received film, 'The Night Strangler,' and two television series, 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker' and a 2005 remake entitled simply, 'Night Stalker,'" he said. "The original film was also the inspiration for the hit TV series and subsequent movies of 'The X-Files.'"
 
The remaining MACFlix Classic Film Series includes:

• Saturday, Sept. 5, 7:45 p.m., "The Naked Gun;"
• Saturday, Sept. 12, 7:45 p.m., "War Games;"
• Saturday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., "Roxanne;" and
• Saturday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., "Time After Time."

All MACFlix movies are digitally re-mastered and presented with an high-quality projector/sound system in a theatre environment.
 
"The films shimmer beautifully on our specially-built widescreen, so the effect is like walking through a time machine and watching the movies in their very first weekend of release," White said. "They're amazing to watch!"