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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.

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Director

Charles B. Pierce Charles B. Pierce
4 horror films in catalog
The Legend of Boggy Creek
The Legend of Boggy Creek 1972
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976
The Evictors
The Evictors 1979
Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues
Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues 1984

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
28
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
83
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
14
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
17
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
50
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
14
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
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Content Warnings

DehumanizationTorture
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

based on true storyfake documentarykillerproto-slasher

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