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The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Movie
1976
1h 26m
R
English
Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
User Score: 
5.8
Critic Score: 
47
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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.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown Poster

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

R
Movie
1976
1h 26m
English
Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
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.
Rating
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5.8
IMDB
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
47

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Ben Johnson
Captain J.D. Morales
Andrew Prine
Deputy Norman Ramsey
Dawn Wells
Helen Reed
Jimmy Clem
Sgt. Mal Griffin
Jim Citty
Police Chief R.J. Sullivan
Charles B Pierce
Patrolman A.C. Benson
Robert Aquino
Sheriff Otis Barker
Cindy Butler
Peggy Loomis
Christine Ellsworth
Linda Mae Jenkins
Earl E Smith
Dr. Kress
Joe Catalanotto
Eddie LeDoux
Roy Lee Brown
Rainbow Johnson
Mike Hackworth
Sammy Fuller
Misty West
Emma Lou Cook
Rick Hildreth
Buddy Turner
Jason Darnell
Capt. Gus Wells
Bud Davis
The Phantom Killer
Vern Stierman
Narrator (voice)
Directed By: Charles B. Pierce
Written By: Earl E. Smith

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KurtMoney says...
7 years ago
This is a good movie and you can see where a lot of inspiration came from. A few weird things...the killer uses a gun, weird for a "slasher" and also, there are some good deaths, its rated R, but there are some crazzzzzzzy sound effect punchlines over hammy faces it's nuts. Like slide whistles and shit!!! It mostly came from the front desk cop, which I think they tried to match the funny in Black Christmas (1974) with that front desk cop, but that movie is a masterpiece. Don't even try.
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Whitsbrain
8/10  3 years ago
This movie is based on the true story of a 1946 murder spree in Texarkana, where there's a hooded killer on the loose.

"The Town That Dreaded Sundown" was a real surprise. It starts out as a documentary and evolves into a terrifying recount of a masked killer that sadistically snuffs out young adu More
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Wuchak
4 years ago
_**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 th More
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