The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

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Videos & Photos

  • Clip: Makeout Point Murder
  • Featurette: Dawn Wells Story

Movie Info & Cast

Synopsis

The story of a hooded, berserk killer who terrorized the border town of Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946--leaving no fewer than five murder victims in his wake. He was never caught. Based on one of America's most baffling murder cases.

Cast

  • Ben Johnson
  • Andrew Prine
  • Ben Johnson
  • Dawn Wells
  • Andrew Prine
  • Jimmy Clem
  • Dawn Wells
  • Jim Citty
  • Jimmy Clem
  • Charles B. Pierce
  • Jim Citty
  • Robert Aquino
  • Charles B. Pierce
  • Cindy Butler
  • Robert Aquino
  • Christine Ellsworth
  • Cindy Butler
  • Earl E. Smith
  • Christine Ellsworth
  • Earl E. Smith

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Metacritic

40

A couple of professional actors, Ben Johnson and Andrew Prine, head the cast, but the film looks nonprofessional in every other respect.

Metacritic review by Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
83

An overlooked gem in the annals of low-budget horror.

Metacritic review by Katie Rife
Katie Rife
The A.V. Club