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Jun 12, 2016 · The Night Stalker: Directed by Megan Griffiths. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Bellamy Young, Annalisa Cochrane, Louis Herthum. An account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.
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The Night Stalker is a 2016 American drama film about the serial killer Richard Ramirez. It was directed by Megan Griffiths, who wrote the screenplay, and stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Bellamy Young, Chelle Sherrill, and Benjamin Barrett. The film was produced by Alisa Tager and Matthew Brady.
Jan 13, 2021 · Under cover of darkness in 1985, Richard Ramirez went on a months-long spree of murder, sexual assaults and other crimes that spread terror and anxiety throughout the Southland. Monterey...
- Los Angeles Times Staff
- Ramirez’s Killing Spree
- Gil Carrillo and Frank Salerno’s ‘Hunt For A Serial Killer’
- Ramirez’s Unexpected Connection to John Stamos
- Ramirez’s Legacy in Pop Culture
Widely known as the Night Stalkerin the news, Ramirez was responsible for killing 14 people between 1984 and 1985. Most of his victims were living in the Los Angeles area at the time of their assault and murder, while three in the San Francisco Bay area were his first and two of his last killings. His crime spree initially started on June 28, 1984,...
While many recent docuseries about serial killers have focused squarely on who that person was and what they did, Night Stalkerintentionally does not mention Ramirez’s name until late in the game. It’s an important reminder that “he’s merely a boogeyman that’s stalking the city,” Russell says. “This is somebody that ripped and tore their way across...
After spending the summer of 1985 terrorizing the Los Angeles area, Ramirez was headline news. According to author Philip Carlo, by the time of his arrest, he was the lead story of practically every major news program in California. Doreen Lioy, an editor of Tiger Beatmagazine at the time who helped launch John Stamos’ career, developed a fascinati...
While Russell didn’t want to glamorize Ramirez in the Netflix docuseries, there’s no escaping the fact that “this guy became the Jim Morrison of serial killers,” the director says. “There became this fetishization or celebritization of him as a character.” He was popular then and is popular over three decades later, especially as his story has resu...
Jun 10, 2016 · Phillips’ latest turn in “The Night Stalker” has him playing Richard Ramirez long after the serial killer’s mid-1980s reign of terror where he crept into suburban homes and raped and killed the inhabitants, often leaving behind pentagrams drawn in blood or lipstick.
Jan 14, 2021 · 'Night Stalker' director Tiller Russell breaks down how the title stands apart from other Ramirez projects, and why the serial killer's capturer, Detective Gil Carrillo, is the real star of this...
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Nov 12, 1989 · Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker: Directed by Bruce Seth Green. With Richard Jordan, A Martinez, Julie Carmen, Alan Feinstein. Based on the true story of Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez who terrorized California in 1985 and the two Los Angeles police detectives who try to track him down.
