The Town that Dreaded Sundown

United States

1976

90 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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CAST Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem, Jim Citty, Charles B. Pierce, Robert Aquino, Cindy Butler, Christine Ellsworth, Earl E. Smith, Steve Lyons, Joe Catalanotto, Roy Lee Brown, Mike Hackworth, Misty West

SOUND Dick Damon, Dan Finnity, Dimitry Gortinsky, Phil Haberman, Andrew Herbert, Fred Judkins, Steve Shearsby

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Fairly cheesy docudrama thriller has its moments, but just never really takes off, maybe too often trudging into some painful and painfully inappropriate slapstick comic relief (often provided by director Charles B. Pierce himself). A decent enough watch for cult movie fans for its flaws more than anything else, but nothing all that special.

Jaspar Lamar Crabb

22Jan12

More creepy than scary ... not in league with THE EVICTORS, director Pierce's later film

Matthew_Lucas

21Jan12

A small town is terrorized by a masked serial killer in this low budget horror film that would go on to inspire HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY THE 13th. Charles B. Pierce had a knack for crafting effective chillers despite poor scripts and even worse performances, as well as some bizarre comic relief (in this case, Pierce himself as a Barney Fife-eque cop). Manages to scare in spite of low production values.