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The Town that Dreaded Sundown Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Jul. 26, 2018

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

Release Date: Thursday, October 16, 2014 Limited

Joshua Leonard, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Jason Blum, Addison Timlin, Gary Cole, Ryan Murphy, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Veronica Cartwright, Travis Tope

R Horror 1 hr, 26 m

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Plot

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Plot
The story centers on a rural Texarkana town that was stalked by a serial killer in 1946. The maniac was never caught and in 2013, he comes back. Addison Timlin plays a young high schooler being raised by her grandmother who’s targeted by the mysterious killer. Travis Tope will play a classmate who befriends Timlin’s character and decides to make a documentary about the search for the killer. Veronica Cartwright will play Timlin’s grandmother who is raising her after her parents die in a car accident. Gary Cole is a deputy who is doggedly pursuing the killer, and Joshua Leonard will play the deputy assigned to protect Timlin and her grandmother.
Cited as modified plot formulation from hollywoodreporter.com
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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon last directed The Current War - Director's Cut and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. The film's writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa last wrote Carrie and The Madman's Daughter.

Producers
Jason Blum
Ryan Murphy

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted
Runtime
1 hr, 26 m
Tagline
Not available
Also known as
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Language
English

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • MGM is aiming to produce the remake on a low budget and keep the original's cinema verite style. The remake is said to have horror-movie tones and elements of a procedural in the vein of David Fincher's Zodiac.
  • Remake of the 1976 film written by Earl E. Smith.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Production

The film was tagged as Production. The movie shoots May 2013 in Louisiana.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum are teaming up to produce the remake. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is in negotiations to direct the movie. The project is eyeing a spring 2013 start.

Announced

The film was tagged as Announced. MGM is developing a remake of 1976 horror movie.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Town that Dreaded Sundown was released in limited movie theaters on Thursday, October 16, 2014. As a limited release, The Town that Dreaded Sundown was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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Thu., Jul. 26, 2018

  • Set film release to Limited

  • Set the MPAA rating to R

  • Added a running time of 86 minutes

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