The Night Flier (1997) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

Genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan named a few of the Stephen King adaptations he feels are underrated. Do you agree with him?Genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan named a few of the Stephen King adaptations he feels are underrated. Do you agree with him?

A new episode of our Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series has just been released, and in this one we’re looking back at one of the most underrated and underseen Stephen King adaptations, 1997’s The Night Flier (which is going for a high price HERE). To find out why we think you should check out The Night Flier, watch the video embedded above!

Directed by Mark Pavia, who also wrote the screenplay adaptation with Jack O’Donnell, The Night Flier has the following synopsis:

For 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 unbelievable — but his faithful readers believe. And now there’s a new story. The Night Flier. What is it that flies by night in a dark-winged Cessna, lands at secluded airports and brutally murders local residents? Dees begins to follow the unknown killer in a Cessna of his own, uncovering clues that reveal a pilot more terrifying than he could ever have imagined.

The film stars Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, and Michael H. Moses.

Our Best Horror Movie You Never Saw series is

dedicated to highlighting horror films that, for one reason or another, don’t get as much love as we think they should. We know plenty of you horror hounds out there will have seen many of the movies we pick, but there will be plenty of you who have not.

The The Night Flier episode of Best Horror Movie You Never Saw was Written by Eric Walkuski, Narrated by Shawn Knippelberg, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by John Fallon and Tyler Nichols, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Have you already seen The Night Flier, and if so, are you a fan of the movie? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.

A couple previous episodes of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw series can be seen below. To see more, and to check out some of our other shows, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!

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