
Halloween(1978)
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.


“In 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Arkansas.”
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.

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
The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a horror, mystery, thriller, crime film released in 1976 exploring themes of based on true story, stalking, serial killer, killer, fake documentary, proto-slasher. Directed by Charles B. Pierce, it stars Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells. 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.
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