![]() ![]() Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer captures the mid-eighties period well, with archival TV news and clips of then-current shows. At the time, though, all anyone knows about him is he has bad teeth, smells like a goat, and loves AC/DC. ![]() One bad boy, who will later be described as having incredible sex appeal, rips the nightlife apart. The same kind of darkness that crept into the headlines when the Black Dahlia murder struck, but more similar to the Manson Family killings. But not after dark, where the bulk of the docu-series is set. Archival weather reports continually update a sweltering heat wave, and the citizens cool off leisurely and diversely. The city hosted the Olympics in 1984, and the Lakers were international superstars. The four-part series opens in a hot and happy Los Angeles, filled with glossy tinsel and hair metal. This is an internal affair, and early disclosures to the media contaminate clues like dancing on a crime scene in a pair of size 12 Avia sneakers. It’s not in the title, and if the detectives don’t know it, the series won’t disclose it. We don’t even get the name of the serial killer until the end of the third episode. We all know the story by now, so director Tiller Russell can leisurely fill in the plot. The series works because it treats the audience the same way as the cops were treated: infuriatingly.Įvery clue, setback, and recalculation in Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer is satisfyingly frustrating. They had nothing going into the case, and when they did dig out the clues, they often lost what they had because of its newsworthiness. The documentary is told from the perspective of the investigators at the heart of the case, particularly a veteran homicide detective and his young, enthusiastic partner. Netflix dives into one of the most horrifying cases of multiple murders with its eyes wide open in Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. ![]()
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