A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
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Movie2014·85 min
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
A thriller horror film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 70%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
5.9/10
557 ratings
About The Town that Dreaded Sundown
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Approachable (4 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- trauma recovery, fate destiny, historical event, action combat, small town, american regional, strangers forced together, villain protagonist, everyman, cat and mouse, mystery disappearance, serial killer, slasher