Bad Medicine
- Episode aired Nov 29, 1974
- 52m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
512
YOUR RATING
A creature which takes animal forms and uses its hypnotic eyes to incapacitate and kill wealthy matrons is stalking Chicago.A creature which takes animal forms and uses its hypnotic eyes to incapacitate and kill wealthy matrons is stalking Chicago.A creature which takes animal forms and uses its hypnotic eyes to incapacitate and kill wealthy matrons is stalking Chicago.
Marilyn Clarke
- Hostess
- (as Madilyn Clark)
Paul Baxley
- Cop on Stairs
- (uncredited)
Al Beaudine
- Citizen
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaProducers liked Richard Kiel's performance as Diablero so much they asked him to portray the Paramafait (Cajun bogeyman) in "The Spanish Moss Murders" the very next week.
- GoofsKolchak's voiceover states that the story happens in mid-November, but the weather is bright and sunny. Chicago, on average, sees snow by late October.
- Quotes
Carl Kolchak: F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, "The rich are different than you and me." They sure are. They got more money. But there wasn't enough money in the world to save some of the members of Chicago's upper crust from a fiendish force so dark, it can only be called diabolic.
Featured review
Bad medicine is what I need
This is a very good episode of this influential, but short, series that has our "hero" tracking down a killer, played in fine form by Richard Kiel. This original motive has the "Diablero" stealing rich women's jewels and murdering them, while disguising himself as a crow or coyote, and I have to admit that the animal scenes weren't corny, but effective, especially the coyote's creepy growl. There is one scene, however, that should've been edited, because the "dead" police dog accidentally moved an ear after Kolchak takes a picture of it, and while it was a cute moment to the observant viewer, it obviously wasn't intended to be that way, and it takes away from the horror at that moment. Some familiar faces include Alice Ghostley, Victor Jory, Marvin Kaplan, and Ramon Bieri, who has a knack of playing police detectives during his acting career, and each added to the story, as well as the regulars on the show. As another reviewer mentioned, the chanting that the killer utters on the dark floor of the desolate building is quite creepy, although I felt the conclusion was a bit rushed, and too convenient for Kolchak to figure things out. All of that said, this was still a fine episode with good writing and performances, but not the best in the stable.
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- stones78
- Aug 10, 2014
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- Filming locations
- 407 S. Dearborn St Chicago IL 60605, USA(INS office exterior in Chicago where elevated train passes by)
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- Runtime52 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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