This was produced,, directed etc. by a guy who owned 200 movie houses in middle america, so he was giving his audiences the schlock they wanted and cutting out the middle man. I'd venture his theaters were in isolated places without options, so since they were his captive, they had to take as little as he had to give, and it's not much.
The script is banal as can be, plot full of holes, "Psycho"-ish but a pale derivation, riding on Hitchcock's genius. First, it should be "Night's", as there are several. Lead is not good, better than most seen in such cheapies, but it's impossible to come across well when you have to compensate for so much screen time devoted to repetitive action, with what should have been key scenes left out. Psychosis is indicated by various colored whirligigs that fill the screen, a cheap and tired cliche'. Bloody nights all conclude with a blank scarlet screen. Entirely mundane cinematography. No comic relief, maybe cops shouting at each other to shut up. then just repeating shouted lines not shouting, which i didn't find funny as delivered.
Finally that said, I've seen much worse, but there's much more available that's even marginally better
The script is banal as can be, plot full of holes, "Psycho"-ish but a pale derivation, riding on Hitchcock's genius. First, it should be "Night's", as there are several. Lead is not good, better than most seen in such cheapies, but it's impossible to come across well when you have to compensate for so much screen time devoted to repetitive action, with what should have been key scenes left out. Psychosis is indicated by various colored whirligigs that fill the screen, a cheap and tired cliche'. Bloody nights all conclude with a blank scarlet screen. Entirely mundane cinematography. No comic relief, maybe cops shouting at each other to shut up. then just repeating shouted lines not shouting, which i didn't find funny as delivered.
Finally that said, I've seen much worse, but there's much more available that's even marginally better