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The Town That Dreaded Sundown

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

1976 · Movie · 1h 26m · R

Second of the two Town That Dreaded Sundown films by score. The Town that Dreaded Sundown leads at 57. It runs a compact 1h 26m.

Synopsis

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.

Ratings

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb6.0/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes46%21%
Metacritic52/10021%
TMDB5.8/10232 votes16%
Balasaur Score55100%

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