The Town That Dreaded Sundown

1976

Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 46% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 41% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 11473 11.5K

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Plot summary

When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.

Director

Charles B. Pierce Photo
Charles B. Pierce

Top cast

Earl E. Smith Photo
Earl E. Smith as Dr. Kress
Jimmy Clem Photo
Jimmy Clem as Sgt. Mal Griffin
Dawn Wells Photo
Dawn Wells as Helen Reed
Dennis Lehane Photo
Dennis Lehane as Texas Ranger
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826.27 MB
1280*546
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
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1.5 GB
1920*818
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wuchak 6 / 10

_**A killer is on the loose in Texarkana

_**A killer is on the loose in Texarkana in 1946**_ The Texarkana Moonlight Murders and the ensuing investigation that took place from late February to early May, 1946, are chronicled with the names changed and details altered for dramatic purposes. Ben Johnson plays a renowned Texas Ranger on the case and Andrew Prine a formidable deputy sheriff. Dawn Wells shows up in the last act. “The Town that Dreaded Sundown” (1976) is a crime docudrama that could be designated as an early slasher even though it’s based on a true story. The sack the killer wears on his head was the inspiration for the mask Jason dons in “Friday 13th: Part 2” (1981). Along with “The Legend of Boggy Creek” (1972) and “Grayeagle” (1977), this was one of B-film director Charles B. Pierce’s more notable flicks and he appears in the movie as bumbling Patrolman Benson. Speaking of which, there some curious attempts at comedy that are incongruous with the grave proceedings, which is reminiscent of the incompatible blundering cops in the original “The Last House on the Left” (1972). I liked the 1946 setting with the old cars plus the fact that this basically happened in real life and inspires you to research the true story, just don’t expect anything close to the greatness of “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967). Have mercy, the budget was $400,000. The film runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in Texarkana on the Texas/Arkansas border, plus The Jack Williams Ranch in Garland City, Arkansas, with the train sequence done in Scott, Arkansas. GRADE: B-/C+
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Reviewed by josephbrando 6 / 10

Very Creepy!! YAY!!! Very Silly!! BOO!!

Half of this film is done like a creepy documentary with a "serious guy voice over" and killing reenactments which are utterly brutal, nasty, misogynistic, and very very suspenseful. That half of the movie I would give ten stars. However the other half which follows a bunch of dumb cops with silly, out of place comedic shenanigans, complete with silly out of place comedic music to boot is an awful eye- and ear-sore! But, oh those killing scenes!!! You've got a guy who looks just like Jason from Friday the 13th Part 2 killing, biting, torturing couples but unlike F13 the the camera lingers on the attacks. He doesn't just pop out, stab someone and disappear, we get to see the whole nasty affair! Then its back to "Barney Fife" and the bumbling cops charade. Blechhh! Cool ominous ending though. Any horror movie fan should definitely check it out!

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