The Town that Dreaded Sundown

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

In 1946, a mysterious hooded killer terrorised Texarkana. In 1976, he was immortalised in the silver screen. Now, the maniac is back…

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

10/16/2014

Runtime

85 mins

Overview

A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A meta-horror film that weaponizes the legend of a real killer and a classic film against a town cursed by their own history, collapsing the boundaries between myth and murder.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingTense

Themes

IdentityObsessionMemory

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

High-contrastStylized genre

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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