This made for TV movie has a "Kojak" feel, however it certainly had a sting to it's tail. A well written and clever script sees a vampire like killer stalking the '70s streets of Las Vegas frightening the tourists. Our hero, hard bitten hack Kolchak, is convinced a vampire is to blame, understandibly no one believes him. This movie has some great moments: the Cops firing a hail of bullets at the Vampire who gets up and jumps over a wall as if nothing had happened, the scene in the hospital as he raids a blood bank and the lady with the huge dog. "Kill", she hisses as the vampire stalks her in a dark and lonely car park, poor dog... For me, the cleverest theme in the movie is you are never quite sure the vampire is real or not !
Great movie.