Gore N More: Episode 1 - The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

Gore N More Episode 1Intro - Weekly ReviewThe Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) [Review]Director - Charles B. PierceWho also co stars as a police officer named A.C. Benson “Sparkplug”The film was shot around Texarkana and a bunch of locals were cast as extrasThe movie premiered on December 17, 1976The film runs around 90 minutes and is revered as one of the first slasher filmsIt had a production budget of $400,000 and earned about 5 million domesticallyThe film is based on the the “Phantom Killer” crimes that happened in 1946The Phantom attacked 8 people in the town of Texarkana, TexasThe killer was never identified or apprehendedIn 1978 one of family member of the victims filed a lawsuit over the depiction of his sister in the filmThe film's tagline claims that the the man who killed five people "still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Ark." causing officials of that neighboring city to threaten Pierce over the ads in 1977; however, it remained on the posters.Trailer [PLAY]Plot RundownDiscussion Topics13 Fanboy PromoOutrowww.dewbackdiscussion.net