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Release Date:
Thursday, October 16, 2014 Limited
Plot: What's the story about?
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.
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Who's making The Town that Dreaded Sundown: Crew List
A look at the The Town that Dreaded Sundown behind-the-scenes crew and production team. 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.
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Production: What we know about The Town that Dreaded Sundown?
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.
Filming Timeline
- 2018 - July: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2013 - May: The film was set to Production status.
The movie shoots May 2013 in Louisiana.
- 2013 - January: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
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.
- 2012 - November: The film was set to Announced status.
MGM is developing a remake of 1976 horror movie.
The Town that Dreaded Sundown Release Date: When was the film released?
The Town that Dreaded Sundown was a Limited release in 2014 on Thursday, October 16, 2014.
As a Limited release, The Town that Dreaded Sundown will only be shown in select movie theaters across major markets. Please check Fandango and Atom Tickets to see if the film is playing in your area.