Directed by:
Megan GriffithsScreenplay:
Megan GriffithsCinematography:
Quyen TranCast:
Bellamy Young, Lou Diamond Phillips, Louis Herthum, Jennifer Lafleur, Bernardo Badillo, Zoe McLane, Mark Kelly, Gino Lee, Janine Larina, Annalisa Cochrane (more)Plots(1)
Megan Griffiths combines her always-compelling direction as well as her personal, fearful memories of the actual events to this Los Angeles true-crime thriller. Based on the real, notorious serial killer, Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker follows Kit, a female attorney, who is desperately trying to obtain a confession from the murderer, who is currently sitting on death row in San Quentin. By the time he was 25, Richard Ramirez was responsible for at least 13 murders from 1984 to 1985, breaking into homes late at night to assault and kill his victims, earning him the appropriate nickname, "The Night Stalker" from the Los Angeles Times. He eventually died from lymphoma as he awaited his execution in 2013. This psychological thriller focuses on both characters, Kit (Bellamy Young) and Ramirez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and their impact on one another as Kit dives into Ramirez's past, and confronts her own, in order to secure a confession and save an innocent man from death row. (Seattle International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Bellamy Young
USA
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)
Lou Diamond Phillips
Philippines
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
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Louis Herthum
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ruffian (2007) (TV movie)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Jennifer Lafleur
USA
Best movies:
Buster's Mal Heart (2016)
The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Baghead (2008)
Bernardo Badillo
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Sully (2016)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Walkout (2006) (TV movie)
Zoe McLane
Best movies:
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Laggies (2014)
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Mark Kelly
USA
Best movies:
First Man (2018)
Buster's Mal Heart (2016)
The Pretty One (2013)
Gino Lee
Best movies:
1 Mile to You (2017)
Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
Annalisa Cochrane
USA
Best movies:
Into the Dark (2018) (series)
Emma's Chance (2016)
Eddie Ramos
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Endless (2020)
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Austin Fryberger
USA
Best movies:
Invisible Sister (2015) (TV movie)
Snatchers (2019)
Malibu Rescue - The Movie (2019)
Samantha Neyland
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Everybody Loves Somebody (2017)
The Valet (2022)
Running Away (2017) (TV movie)
David A. Garcia
Best movies:
The High Note (2020)
Helicopter Mom (2014)
Icebox (2018)
Evan Kishiyama
Best movies:
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
The Grinch (2018)
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