Lou Diamond Philips is set to play satanic serial killer Richard Ramirez in Megan Griffiths’ The Night Stalker. The film centers on a lawyer attempting to get a confession out of Ramirez to save a client from the death penalty. Ramirez’s real-life murder spree in LA from 1984 – 1985 serves as back-story.

Ramirez was captured on August 29th by outraged residents of East L.A. who recognized him from mug shots printed on newspapers, giving chase when he tried to steal a vehicle to flee police. He was found guilty on 13 counts of murder, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults and 14 burglaries.

Ramirez was sentenced to death in 1989, but died of lymphoma while on death row in San Quentin in 2013.