On a summer evening before the 4th of July in 1985, Richard Ramirez steals a Ford Bronco in the San Fernando Valley. He takes some LSD and has a psychedelic night at his room in the Cecil Hotel. He wakes up and looks at records and draws pentagrams on his skin. He finds some cocaine stashed away he’d forgotten about and becomes violent around his room. After selling some stolen speakers, he uses the money for food. While eating a gas station burrito, he spots an older woman alone and begins to stalk her for the rest of the night. As the night goes on, Richard sneaks into her house and decides which knife he's going to kill her with. He murders her and looks for food afterwards in the fridge. He heads back to the Cecil covered in blood as fireworks are ignited in the streets.