The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called 'moonlight murders' begin again.
What a clever film this is. Basically a remake of a fairly obscure mid 70's slasher, this film acknowledges the original at every turn. Being a slasher there's plenty of blood and guts as well as gratuitous sex and nudity but the film is much more than mere exploitation.
Concentrating on the original murders this film intelligently uses footage from the original film as it plays at a drive-in theatre and even recreates the murders as copycat killings in the present day. It's not cliched nor derivative but original and makes for a very compelling horror film. The performances, including veteran character actors Gary Cole and Ed Lauter, are strong all round and it all comes together startlingly well in what proves to be a breath of fresh air in how to construct a slasher film.
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