The Town That Dreaded Sundown

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Ron R Dec 17, 2018 Ben Johnson and Andrew Prine star in this notorious drive-in movie thriller with cheap production values and some very silly sccenes. See more

Finn R Oct 19, 2018 The concept has a lot of promise. Even setting aside the horror, there'a so much to explore in how communities react to danger. Unfortunately all you get are sub par genre thrills. See more

Rey S Oct 8, 2018 Based on the true serial murders that took place in Arkansas in the mid 40's, The Town That Dreaded Sundown can be at times an effective horror movie. It has a creepy premise and the performance of Bud Davis as the killer is extremely chilling, just being able to terrify viewers through heavy breathing alone. The design of the killer's mask is also great, the pillowcase mask gives him an almost ghostlike appearance which is fitting for his nickname "The Phantom Killer". Unfortunately, The Town That Dreaded Sundown has some of the worst comic relief I have ever seen which completely ruins the creepy tone of the film. Throughout the movie cringe-worthy slapstick comic gags are played, which for me somewhat ruined the movie and thus at times made it seem incredibly silly. Overall, The Town That Dreaded Sundown has some very decent moments throughout. It can be very suspenseful and creepy, however, it fails at being a truly effective horror movie due to some unbearable comic relief characters. See more

Poe S Mar 22, 2018 A pseudo-documentary that explores the unsolved mystery of the phantom killer, a serial killer who terrorised Arkansas not long after WWII. The film contains some genuinely frightening moments, however there are also many times in the movie where the filmmakers attempt to put some unneeded slapstick comedy. For example in a scene where a car crashes into a lake they place cartoonish music, this does not work and clashes with the eerie tone of the rest of the film. Overall The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a decent horror/psuedo-documentary that tries and in the most part succeeds in capturing the paranoia that actually took place during the serial killer's attacks. See more

Albus R Mar 4, 2018 Beautiful shots and direction but some of the acting is a bit cheesy

Hagrid S Feb 27, 2018 Had high hopes for this 70s slasher flick based on real life events. Boring and terrible acting kinda ruined it for me

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