The Town That Dreaded Sundown

About The Town That Dreaded Sundown

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.

Charles B. Pierce's The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 crime horror film. It runs 86 minutes and was released in December 1976.

Ben Johnson takes the lead as JD Morales, Andrew Prine as Norman Ramsey, Dawn Wells as Helen Reed, and Jimmy Clem as Mal Griffin. Written by Earl E. Smith. The story is adapted from real events.

Members will find killer, stalking, fake documentary, and proto-slasher in it. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV.

Memories of Murder, Maniac, and The Spiral Staircase make useful companions to The Town That Dreaded Sundown, all filed under serial killer. It scores 5.8 out of 10 from 230 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.