The Town That Dreaded Sundown

A Meta Horror Sequel with style

Apparently in the 1970's a film was released called "The Town That Dreaded Sundown", this was in turn based on a grizzly set of unsolved murders in the sleepy town of Texarkana.   A serial killer nicknamed "The Phantom" killed 5 and injured two more teenagers and to this day the murders remain unsolved.

TTTDS (2015) is based in the same town and the 1970's film is shown annually in the town to remind them of the horrors that occured.  This has become a town festival as teens come out to the local drive through and take in the low budget horror film with glee.

When the murders start up again, and follow the same chronology as the film/original murders, a local girl starts to investigate as well as the town police department

TTTDS has a real 70's feel to the style and music used, the kills are gruesome and it follows the "Slasher" style horror of Halloween or Friday 13th perfectly.  The meta references become a little annoying at certain points, but all-in-all it is what it says on the tin.

The ending was a real let down as they killer was revealed I had little concern or interest to who it actually was (and to be honest, I didn't really care).  I was happy for the killer to remain anonymous and the mystery continue, but this was the only real let down for me.

There are some great moments though, and an ingenious use of a trombone that has to be seen to be believed.  A few actors had me scratching my head to where I had seen them before.

A great little low budget slasher film that seems to be something that modern-day cinema has forgotton