The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) movie poster

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

1976 ·1h 26m · ★ 5.8 (220)

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.

Why it matters
4 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
28
Slow Burn
83
Psychological
14
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
14
Survival
66
Serial KillerStalking

Content Warnings

DehumanizationTorture

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

based on true storyfake documentarykillerproto-slasher

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