Here is a horrifying vampire, straight from the mind of Stephen King, who does not turn into a bat and fly away. Instead, he crawls into a black Cessna and flies away.

An unknown pilot is flying into small-town airports at night, killing people at the airport, draining their blood and moving on. Merton Morrison (Dan Monahan), editor of a major tabloid, tries to assign ace reporter Richard Dees (Miguel Ferror) to the story, but he refuses and tells Morrison to give it to the new reporter, Katherine Blair (Julie Entwisle).

After jockeying the story back and forth, Melton sees a chance to have some real fun ... he assigns both reporters to the story and says that he will print the first one he receives.

Richard nicknames the killer "The Night Flier." He uses any means available to sensationalize the story, including desecrating the grave of one of its victims.

The actual Night Flier is a man named Dwight Renfield (Michael H. Moss), and he starts leaving messages for Richard to back off and stay away. Despite his fear, Richard pushes on, determined to get the story that will put him back on the cover and heading straight to a final confrontation with the Night Flier.

The Night Flier is a creepy, scary movie. The ominous photography and sets build terror within you and make you feel the danger. The descriptions of the killings and events are unnerving.

I love the way the story flows between what Dees is currently doing and what has previously happened. The segues are as smooth as silk and there is continuity throughout. This was a most professional writing job (adapted from King's story by director Mark Pavia and Jack O'Donnell).

The makeup is horrendously fantastic. The Night Flier is hideous enough for his appearance to paralyze you and cause nightmares after the movie ends. The wounds and severed heads are sickeningly realistic. This makeup really reaches the upper plateau of their profession with this movie!

The acting is also fantastic. Ferror makes you despise his character, so obviously he is convincing. His facial expressions and body language fully support his cold, ruthless, arrogant character.

Entwisle was ideally cast opposite Ferror. She is as ambitious as he is cold. You can see the young Ferror lurking inside her and waiting to surface. She plays the part with the greatest skill, deftly juggling the innocent air with the cunning, sneaky side.

The Night Flier is an excellent horror movie. If it is possible to scare you, this one will!