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Movie Info

An attorney (Bellamy Young) tries to get convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez (Lou Diamond Phillips) to confess to crimes attributed to a death row inmate.

Genre:

drama, crime
Original Language:

English
Director:

Megan Griffiths
Producer:

Matthew R. Brady, Alisa Tager
Writer:

Megan Griffiths
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Runtime:

1h 29m
Production Co:

MRB Productions

Cast & Crew

Lou Diamond Phillips
Richard Ramirez

Bellamy Young
Kit

Alice Rietveld
Inez

Mark Kelly
Joe

Louis Herthum
Jed

Annalisa Cochrane
Mary

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Critic Reviews for The Night Stalker

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (1)

Neither the movie nor its heroine ever confuse understanding his past with excusing what he became.

June 20, 2016 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
It's Phillips' brooding intensity that draws you into the film, and will have you locking your back windows when it's over.

June 10, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Bob Calhoun
RogerEbert.com
Like if Lifetime made "Silence of the Lambs."

July 3, 2020 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Brent McKnight
The Last Thing I See
It's the story of Richard Ramirez, who was branded The Night Stalker during his 14 month reign of terror... but it's just as much about how his actions reverberated through the culture of Southern California.

September 19, 2017 | Full Review…

Sean Axmaker
Parallax View
Though Phillips' triumphant performance makes The Night Stalker worth watching, it barely scratches the surface of Richard Ramirez's infectious evil.

December 31, 2016 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

J.R. Kinnard
PopMatters
Writer/director Megan Griffiths successfully captures the burbling hysteria of mid-'80s California, when every open window and slow-moving car carried a horrific potential energy.

June 3, 2016 | Full Review…

Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)