The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Orion Pictures | Release Date: October 16, 2014

6.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Ratings

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ydnar4Jul 28, 2015

The Town That Dreaded Sundown can't seem to figure out what it is. I never saw the original film and I feel like I missed a lot of things because of that. There were constant shout outs to the original. I was expecting a slasher film based onThe Town That Dreaded Sundown can't seem to figure out what it is. I never saw the original film and I feel like I missed a lot of things because of that. There were constant shout outs to the original. I was expecting a slasher film based on all the indicators I got from the posters and reviews but this film is more of crime film than it is a slasher film. This movies takes itself way too seriously considering it is a just a masked man going around and killing everyone. That was what made Friday the 13th films watchable because even though they weren't really offering anything new they were still fun. This film gets too dramatic and although I like the villain the rest of the characters are forgettable and so in the movie as a whole.… Expand

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BITESCREENJun 22, 2017

Im schwülen texanischen Frühling 1946 tötet ein Killer in Kapuze fünf Menschen – die “Texarkana Moonlight Murders” bleiben ungeklärt. 30 Jahre später verbinden sich in The Town that dreaded Sundown blutige Tatsachen und Fake-Doku-Bilder zumIm schwülen texanischen Frühling 1946 tötet ein Killer in Kapuze fünf Menschen – die “Texarkana Moonlight Murders” bleiben ungeklärt. 30 Jahre später verbinden sich in The Town that dreaded Sundown blutige Tatsachen und Fake-Doku-Bilder zum vielleicht ersten Slasher überhaupt. Jetzt greift American Horror Story – Coven-Regisseur Alfonso Gomez-Rejon zum Stoff und dreht den Film zum Film zur Mordserie. Auch er streut scheinbar echtes Material in seine Interpretation, lässt das naheliegende Found-Footage-Format aber links liegen. Stattdessen prägen Warte, bis es dunkel wird bedrohliche Rottöne und stylische Perspektiven aus Gomez-Rejons TV-Vergangenheit. Obendrein kaschieren viel Splatter und Sex die dahinplätschernde und leider mäßig spannende Geschichte um eine Überlebende auf der Suche nach dem Mörder. Das erfundene Ende nebst Twist missen zudem das zähe Grauen des thematisch nicht unähnlichen Zodiac.… Expand

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