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Released
1997 · FILM

The Night Flier

A cynical tabloid journalist chases the truth behind a mysterious killer pilot, the "Night Flier," who leaves death in his wake—before realizing the nightmare in the sky may be more real than he ever imagined.

“Evil has a flight plan.”

Directed by
Mark Pavia
Written by
Stephen King, Mark Pavia
Runtime
93 min
FantasyHorrorMystery

Synopsis

Richard Dees, a cynical tabloid journalist, thrives on the bizarre and the macabre, treating every headline as a deadline. His stories range from serial killers and UFO abductions to tales of molestation, mayhem, and murder. While some dismiss his work as sleazy fantasy, his readers remain faithful believers. A new mystery emerges with "The Night Flier"—a dark-winged Cessna that lands at secluded airfields and leaves a trail of murdered residents in its wake. Dees takes to the skies in his own Cessna to track down the unknown killer, uncovering clues that reveal a pilot more terrifying than he could have imagined.

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Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Elizabeth SchwartzShot by David ConnellScored by Brian KeaneDesigned by Burton Rencher

Box Office

1997 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$125K

Budget$1.0M
Worldwide gross$125K
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Stephen King's The Night Flierde
  • El aviador nocturnoes
  • Les Ailes de la nuitfr
  • The Night Flier - Il volatore notturnoit

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