Watch: The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976 123movies, Full Movie Online – The residents of 1946 Texarkana, Texas should be celebrating the return of their boys from WWII, but a mysterious hooded killer is stalking victims by night, murdering them in horrendous ways, and completely befuddling the local police force..
Plot: A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.
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An accidental slasher?
Two years before this film, the granddaddy of your typical slasher film, Black Christmas, was released. But it wasn’t until Carpenter’s “Halloween” that triggered the whole thing in the 1980’s.This film although not considered a slasher, does contain the elements of one. A masked murderer killing teens in sometimes bizarre ways, like attaching a knife to the end of a trombone and playing it while trying to stab somebody with it.
Based on real life events, the movie is set in 1946 in the city of Texarkana, Texas, and plays as a Docu-thriller the doings of “The Phantom Killer”, a figure wearing a white mask over his head with holes cut out for his eyes(remind you of anyone?) who left the city of Texarkana in constant fear, or better yet, left the whole city dreading sundown.
The acting is pretty average, if not below average, sometime it may seem like Ben Johnson and Andrew Prine are carrying the burden of acting all by themselves.
The film does not feel like it’s set in the 1940s, it seems like the director only decided to throw a couple of old Buicks here and there and call it 1946. Probably a budget thing.
It also unfortunately attempts at comedy in which it fails terribly.
These things however, do not interfere with the fun ride the film is.
Charles B. Pierce’s “The Town that Dreaded Sundown”, IS a classic and should be seen by everyone interested in the slasher genre.
7/10
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)
Budget 400000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Crime, Drama, Horror
Director Charles B. Pierce
Writer Earl E. Smith
Actors Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm