The Town that Dreaded Sundown

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

In 1946, a mysterious hooded killer terrorised Texarkana. In 1976, he was immortalised in the silver screen. Now, the maniac is back…

201485 min5.8 / 10

A meta-horror thriller that weaponizes the legacy of a real historical killer and a 1976 film about him, trapping a community in a cycle of violence and cinematic terror.

A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

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