Watch The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) Free Online

Release Date: 1976

Cast: Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Horror, Docudrama, Mystery, Crime Thriller, Slasher

The Town that Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 horror film directed by (and co-starring) Charles B. Pierce. It is based on a series of murders attributed to a man dubbed locally as the Phantom Killer, who murdered five people between February and May 1946. The murders occurred in and around the city of Texarkana, which sits astride the border between Texas and Arkansas. As such, there is both a city of Texarkana, TX and a city of Texarkana, AR. Most of the murders occurred in rural areas near both sides of the Texarkana area and also in rural areas of Bowie County, TX and Miller County, AR. The... MORE

The Town that Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 horror film directed by (and co-starring) Charles B. Pierce. It is based on a series of murders attributed to a man dubbed locally as the Phantom Killer, who murdered five people between February and May 1946. The murders occurred in and around the city of Texarkana, which sits astride the border between Texas and Arkansas. As such, there is both a city of Texarkana, TX and a city of Texarkana, AR. Most of the murders occurred in rural areas near both sides of the Texarkana area and also in rural areas of Bowie County, TX and Miller County, AR. The Phantom Killer was never identified by law enforcement and was consequently never apprehended. The film is presented similarly to Unsolved Mysteries, with a narrator dictating the actions as they are shown. Ben Johnson stars as the law-enforcement officer attempting to catch the killer. Dawn Wells (Mary Ann of Gilligan's Island) appears as one of the victims. Although the movie claims "only the names have been changed", much of the film is fabricated from the real events. A good portion of the film itself was filmed in and around the Texarkana area and a number of extras appearing in the film were LESS