Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
2021 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 48 min · ★ 7.5 · 71% critics
In mid-1980s Los Angeles, a wave of violent attacks leaves a city on edge as investigators race to connect scattered clues. Through interviews, archival footage, and firsthand accounts, the series follows the mounting fear, the pressure on law enforcement, and the urgent hunt to stop the crimes.
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Streaming on Netflix.
3 hours to watch · 4 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-01-13
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 48 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (369 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a fast, unsettling true-crime manhunt centered on investigators and survivors, similar to Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes; Not for you if you want deep psychology or minimal graphic details.
Pros: tense, bingeable pacing; strong firsthand interviews; clear investigative timeline | Cons: limited killer background; some graphic crime images; ending feels rushed
Themes
- satanist
- serial killer
- los angeles, california
- true crime
- police investigation
- homicide detective
- 1980s
- ac/dc
- richard ramirez
Cast & crew
- GC
Gil Carrillo
as Self - Homicide Bureau, LA County Sheriff
- FS
Frank Salerno
as Self - Homicide Bureau, LA County Sheriff
- PC
Pearl Carrillo
as Self - Wife of Gil Carrillo
- TV
Tony Valdez
as Self - Reporter, KTTV News
- LE
Laurel Erickson
as Self - Reporter, KNBC News
- PS
Paul Skolnick
as Self - Producer, KNBC News
- LA
Linda Arthur
as Self - Crime Scene Technician , LA County Sheriff
- ZT
Zoey Tur
as Self - Journalist, Los Angeles News Service
- RR
Richard Ramirez
as Self
- JB
John Boussard
as Self - Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (archive footage)
Directed by James Carroll, Tiller Russell
Episodes1 season · 4 episodes
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