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58% Critic Match
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
“In 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Arkansas.”
5.8 / 10• 1976• 1h 26m•R• English
HorrorMysteryThrillerCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ben Johnson
JD Morales
Lead
Andrew Prine
Norman Ramsey
Dawn Wells
Helen Reed
Jimmy Clem
Mal Griffin
JC
Jim Citty
RJ Sullivan
Charles B. Pierce
AC Benson
RA
Robert Aquino
Otis Barker
CB
Cindy Butler
Peggy Loomis
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles B. Pierce's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Town That Dreaded Sundown is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
