The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

Directed by

Charles B. Pierce

Genre

horror film, slasher film, crime film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 222 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is a fictionalized account of a series of unsolved murders in a small Texas town in 1946. It follows the townspeople and police as they try to stop a mysterious killer who attacks couples at night.

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What happens

The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 American slasher film co-produced directed by Charles B. Pierce and written by Earl E. Smith. The film stars Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, and Dawn Wells. It is loosely based on the 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Murders, crimes attributed to an unidentified serial killer known as the Phantom Killer. The Town That Dreaded Sundown premiered in Texarkana on December 17, 1976 before receiving a nationwide theatrical release on December 24 by American International Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a box-office hit, grossing between $4 million and $5 million against a production budget of $400,000. A metasequel of the same name was released in October 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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