The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
"In 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Arkansas."
ThumbScore
👍 73%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 47%
(RT: 42%, MC: 52) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Andrew Prine as Norman Ramsey
Dawn Wells as Helen Reed
Jimmy Clem as Mal Griffin
Jim Citty as RJ Sullivan
Charles B. Pierce as AC Benson
Robert Aquino as Otis Barker
Cindy Butler as Peggy Loomis
Is The Town That Dreaded Sundown good?
Most people think so. 73% audience score, estimated from 232 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 47%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
