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

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.

tensegorymysteriousdarksuspensefulnostalgicunsettlingmeta

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)

Trailer

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