The Night Flier (also known as Stephen King's The Night Flier) is a 1997 American horror film based on the 1988 short story of the same name by Stephen King. Directed and co-written by Mark Pavia, the film stars Miguel Ferrer as Richard Dees, a tabloid reporter who, while investigating a series of murders committed in airfields, begins to suspect that the killer may be a vampire. The Night Flier was filmed on location in Wilmington, North Carolina. It premiered in the United States on HBO on November 7, 1997, receiving a theatrical release by New Line Cinema the following year.