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The Town That Dreaded Sundown
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
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1976
1h 26m
5.8(228 votes)
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Crime

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.

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