The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
- Original title
- The Town that Dreaded Sundown
- Directed by
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Genre
- horror film, slasher film, crime film, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 528 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
In a small Texas town, a masked killer resurfaces to reenact a series of murders from decades ago. A young woman tries to uncover the truth behind the attacks while the town relives its terrifying past.
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What happens
The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 2014 American slasher film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The film serves as a metafictional sequel to the 1976 film of the same name. It stars Addison Timlin, Travis Tope, Spencer Treat Clark, Veronica Cartwright and Gary Cole and was one of the last films of Ed Lauter and Edward Herrmann before their deaths in October 2013 and December 2014, respectively. The project was initially planned as remake of the 1976 film. However, it was conceived as a sequel, with several elements and references from the original. The Town That Dreaded Sundown was released in the United States on October 16, 2014, by Orion Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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