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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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