I've finally got my way to the end of the DVD boxset (which doesn't include the two TV movies) and it was something of a plod, thanks to practically every episode being excessively formulaic and padded. The notable exception to this is Jimmy Sangster's solitary contribution to the series, "Horror in the Heights", which offers us a Hindu demon in a Jewish neighbourhood with a guest appearance by Phil Silvers. The ethnic setting provides colour and atmosphere and the supporting cast actually get some interesting things to do. If only a few of the other episodes had been as interesting and fun as this one it might not have been abruptly cancelled.
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"The Zombie's a particular favourite, largely for the genuinely tense, dread-soaked anticipation when he's leaning over the sleeping corpse in the back of an old car to fill its mouth with salt and sew its lips shut. Still gives me a chill just thinking of it."
Looks like one I missed during my Voodoo Season.
Horror in the Heights is certainly the best of them and I agree that the series' monster-of-the-week structure tends towards a rather plodding predictability when watched close together (although there's a certain fun to be had trying to predict which plot device will see Kolchak's evidence whisked from under his nose this week). Nevertheless, I've had this set for a decade or so now and still dip into it quite often; patchy as it was, I still finds its highs reward a revisit.
The Zombie's a particular favourite, largely for the genuinely tense, dread-soaked anticipation when he's leaning over the sleeping corpse in the back of an old car to fill its mouth with salt and sew its lips shut. Still gives me a chill just thinking of it.
Now you mention it, I think it probably was.
Only seen a couple of those. All I remember is something about an underground city.