The second made-for-TV Kolchak movie - even though it has more than its share of thrills and chills - functions better as a grand send-up of the original, with all of the arguments between him and Vincenzo. It's also a reasonable glimpse into what a lot of the episodes of the TV series what look like, right down to an early, bratty archetype of the Emily Cowles character (here played by Kate Murtagh).