| Netflix | Season Premiere Date: January 13, 2021 |
Summary:
The four-part documentary series about serial killer Richard Ramirez, who killed people in Los Angeles and San Francisco between June 1984 to August 1985, features archival footage, photos, and interviews with survivors, victim's families, and the detectives who help capture him.
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Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
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Season 1 Episodes
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Jan 11, 2021
Jan 13, 2021
Collider
Jan 13, 2021
Jan 12, 2021
Jan 11, 2021
While Night Stalker does many things well, namely its insistence on presenting the victims with compassion, the docuseries fails to answer the question, “Why?” What was Ramirez’s motive and how can we use this knowledge to prevent future crimes? What lessons can we take from community involvement in policing from this story and use it to make our neighborhoods safer? What is the purpose of telling this horrendous story if not to make a statement about it that can be used going forward?
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RogerEbert.com
Jan 13, 2021
Recentering an awful story from the perpetrator to the victims and heroes is undeniably valuable, but the production here misses a bit more often than true crime fans would hope. Often feeling tabloid-esque in its craft and failing to dig into some of the bigger issues here like how law enforcement communicates (or doesn't).
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Jan 12, 2021
As an analysis of social madness, “Night Stalker,” directed by Tiller Russell, makes some interesting points; those, though, tend to be studded within a project that gives itself away to mania more frequently. Clogged with high-gloss but somewhat ludicrous footage, “Night Stalker” knows it’s about the deaths of innocents only inasmuch as that makes for a riveting story, but it lacks the seriousness of purpose to tell its story well. ... “Night Stalker” seeks to re-create a climate of nasty fear for no ultimate higher purpose than four hours of thrills and chills.
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Jan 19, 2021
Okay I was hooked from the start. Also enjoyed how they showed the wholeeeee thing as far as what happened after the trial and such so it doesn’t leave you with any cliffhangers :) be wary of the graphic images got me a few times but this was very well done!
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Feb 24, 2021
A compelling and well constructed docu-series.
The use of archival footage, photos etc, combined with the 2 key investigating officers ability to bring the case to life with their recollections makes this one of the better true crime doco's in recent years.
The use of archival footage, photos etc, combined with the 2 key investigating officers ability to bring the case to life with their recollections makes this one of the better true crime doco's in recent years.
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Nov 20, 2021
Read the book after watching this documentary bare in mind it’s very graphic and shocking. RIP victims
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Feb 7, 2022
The only shocking thing I found in this documentary is the fact that serial killer Richard Ramirez had a fan-base. Yeah because nothing says sexy in a guy then a nocturnal, murdering, pedophile with poor hygiene and horrendous teeth.
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