The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1977)

Texarkana Moonlight Murders

The Town that Dreaded Sun Down is based on the real life murders which took place in the Texarkana Metropolitan area, made up of Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas.

Phantom Killer

In one of the first major American media publicized murder cases, a serial killer attacked 8 people, leaving 3 injured and 5 dead. The murderer came to be known as The Phantom Killer, a name first ascribed to him in the Texarkana Daily News, the local newspaper. The reason for the name, was that he wore a white bag over his with two eye holes cut out, and could appear at a crime scene suddenly then disappear just quickly, like a phantom.

The film remains very faithful to the source material, with only the chronological order of a few events being altered and the ending being played up to make it more of a climax.

	Ben Johnson	Captain J.D. Morales
	Andrew Prine	Deputy Norman Ramsey
	Dawn Wells	Helen Reed
	Jimmy Clem	Sgt. Mal Griffin
	Jim Citty	Police Chief R.J. Sullivan
	Charles B. Pierce	Patrolman A.C. Benson
	Robert Aquino	Sheriff Otis Barker
	Cindy Butler	Peggy Loomis
	Christine Ellsworth	Linda Mae Jenkins
	Earl E. Smith	Dr. Kress
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Name	The Town That Dreaded Sundown
US Release	Feb. 3, 1977
UK Release
AUS Release
Runtime	86
Language(s)	Add a new language English
Genre(s)	Add a new genre Horror
Theme(s)	Add a new theme true story
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Foreign	+$0

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1977)

Texarkana Moonlight Murders

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