Late serial killer Richard Ramirez, dubbed the Night Stalker, inspired elements of the new horror movie ‘MaXXXine,’ starring Mia Goth.© Justin Lubin/A24 Richard Ramirez attends a court ...

Making a documentary about sadistic serial killer Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker, was no easy feat for filmmaker Tiller Russell.

Since Ramirez’s death, the 2016 film The Night Stalker, the 2024 film MaXXXine, episodes of American Horror Story and multiple documentaries and docuseries have all told his sadistic story.

This documentary series chronicles the search for Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker," who terrorized Los Angeles in the 1980s, featuring firsthand accounts from detectives, survivors, and ...

The night was Jan. 11, 1972, and the TV-movie was, of course, The Night Stalker. The Night Stalker was funny, frightening and (at the time at least) incredibly realistic.

In January of 1972, ABC first aired the made for television movie The Night Stalker. It was based on Jeff Rice’s unpublished novel The Kolchak Papers, which was adapted for tv by Richard Matheson.

December 28, 2024 Courtesy of Netflix Richard Ramirez in 'Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer'. We’re all hooked on true crime, and according to scientists, there’s a good reason why.