The Night Flier

Name: The Night Flier
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 1997-04-30
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, Michael H. Moss, John Bennes

Evil has a flight plan.

The Night Flier (1997)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Video for the film The Night Flier — The Night Flier Trailer 1997

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Release date

1997-04-30

Country

Italy, United States

Production

New Amsterdam Entertainment, Medusa Film, Stardust International

Genre

Horror, Mystery

Budget

$1 000 000

Box office

$125 397

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Director

Mark Pavia

Actors

Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, Michael H. Moss, John Bennes, Beverly Skinner, Rob Wilds, Richard K. Olsen, Elizabeth McCormick, J.R. Rodriguez
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Scenario

Producer

Richard P. Rubinstein, Mitchell Galin, David R. Kappes

Camera operator

David Connell

Composer

Brian Keane

Artist

Burton Rencher

Audition

Leonard Finger, Lyn Richmond

Editing

Elizabeth Schwartz
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Short description

For cynical tabloid journo Richard Dees, facts are always stranger than fiction. Every headline is a dead-line. Serial killers, UFO abductions, tales of molestation, mayhem and murder. To some the tales are mere sleazy fantasy – but his faithful readers believe. And now there's a new story: The Night Flier. What is it that travels by night in a dark-winged Cessna, lands at secluded airfields and murders local residents? Dees begins to track the unknown killer in a Cessna of his own, uncovering clues that reveal a pilot more terrifying than he could have ever imagined.

What's left behind the scenes

A film adaptation of the short story of the same name by Stephen King.
The newspaper photographs used in the film, including the photograph of the disfigured prostitute, are genuine photographs from the 1930s-50s from the album of a Los Angeles homicide detective, which were released as a separate photo album titled 'Death Scenes'.
Richard Dees, the main character of the story, also appears in the novel 'The Dead Zone'.
The film features an episode where Catherine (Julie Entwistle) in the newspaper office reviews headlines written by Richard (Miguel Ferrer). Each one contains a reference to a work by Stephen King, namely: “Springhill Jack Strikes Again!” referencing the story “Strawberry Spring,” “Headless Lamaze Leads To Successful Birth!” – referencing the story “The Breathing Method,” “Kiddie Cultists in Kansas Worship Creepy Voodoo God!” – referencing the story “Children of the Corn,” “Satanic Shopkeeper Sells Gory Goodies!” – referencing the novel “Needful Things,” “Naked Demons Levelled My Lawn!” – referencing the story “The Lawnmower Man,” “The Ultimate Killer Diet! Gypsy Curse Flays Fat Lawyer’s Flesh” – referencing the novel “The Regulators.”