The Town That Dreaded Sundown
In 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Arkansas.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Timing:
1:26 (86 min)
5.82/10
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11000
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Country
Genre
Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Budget
$400 000
Revenue
$0
Director
Actors
Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem, Jim Citty, Charles B. Pierce, Robert Aquino, Cindy Butler, Christine Ellsworth, Earl E. Smith
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Earl E. Smith
Producer
Charles B. Pierce, Samuel Z. Arkoff
Operator
James W. Roberson
Composer
Jaime Mendoza-Nava
Artist
Audition
Editing
Tom Boutross
All team (33)
All team (33)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on real events that took place in a small town in 1946. Five people died, and several were injured. The crimes remain unsolved.
- Some shots of the swamps at the end of the film are borrowed from Charles B. Pierce's (1938-1020) horror film "The Legend of Boggy Creek" (1972), Pierce's first feature film.
- What the killer wears on his head inspired the creators of Jason Voorhees' mask in Steve Miner's horror film "Friday the 13th – Part 2" (1981).
- In the scene with the passing train, an operator with a camera is visible on one of the platforms.
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