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The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Name: The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Director: Charles B. Pierce
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1976
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem, Jim Citty

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.

1976 · Directed by Charles B. Pierce · 86 min · Horror · Mystery · Thriller · Crime · 11 frames

Tagline

In 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Arkansas.

Crew

Screenplay: Earl E. Smith
Cinematography: James W. Roberson
Edited by: Tom Boutross
Music: Jaime Mendoza-Nava
Produced by: Charles B. Pierce

Cast

Ben Johnson as JD Morales
Andrew Prine as Norman Ramsey
Dawn Wells as Helen Reed
Jimmy Clem as Mal Griffin
Jim Citty as RJ Sullivan
Charles B. Pierce as AC Benson
Robert Aquino as Otis Barker
Cindy Butler as Peggy Loomis
Christine Ellsworth as Linda Mae Jenkins
Earl E. Smith as Dr. Kress

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: American International Pictures, Charles B. Pierce Film Productions
Budget: $400,000
Themes: based on true story, stalking, serial killer, killer, fake documentary, proto-slasher

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