The Night Stalker Finds Home at LMN
John Squires
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Visually speaking, Lou Diamond Phillips is kind of the perfect actor to play Richard “The Night Stalker” Ramirez, the infamous serial killer who claimed at least 14 victims throughout the mid-1980s. And indeed he just played precisely that role for a film titled The Night Stalker, which is headed to the small screen.
Variety reports that cable network LMN has acquired the rights to the ripped-from-the-headlines film, and they’re gearing up to premiere it on June 12. The movie, co-starring Bellamy Young, will also compete at the New American Cinema competition at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 4.
Richard Ramirez murdered 14 people and terrorized Los Angeles in the summer of 1985. The movie centers on an attorney, played by Young, who travels to San Quentin on a seemingly impossible mission to clear the name of a death row inmate in Texas whom she believes has been wrongly accused of additional murders that may have been perpetrated by Ramirez.
The Night Stalker was written and directed by Megan Griffiths.
The film is produced by Laboratory Productions and MRB Productions with Alisa Tager and Matthew R. Brady producing.
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