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The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
A bit of a disappointment
A town on the border of Texas and Arkansas is terrorized by a vicious masked killer following WWII. A movie based on a true case in the town of Texarkana.
I had high hopes for this movie, having seen another Charles B. Pierce film, The Legend of Boggy Creek and having enjoyed that one. I was very disappointed. The acting was uninspired, the story did not draw me in, and felt no attachment to any of the characters.
I really wanted to like this movie. I did. I have a thing for horror movies from the time period of the 40s through the early 80s, and one about a very obscure serial killer (I had never heard of this still unsolved case until I watched the movie, which in turn caused me to google the real case).
Anyways, I just found it very boring. The actors were uninspired, and oh my god I've never heard more annoying screaming in any horror movie I've ever watched ever.
I ended up leaving it on as background noise while I did something else.
Creature from Black Lake (1976)
Quite Good I Thought
I am quite the fan of older horror movies, especially grainy and plain strange ones. I wasn't sure what The Creature From Black Lake was going to be like when I read the review on Bleeding Skull. Well I am here to tell you now, I rather enjoyed it, in all it's grainy and terrible sound quality goodness.
The score put you on edge and the extreme darkness of the night scenes works out very well in this movie's favor.
Yes, I laughed when I saw the name Roger Pancake in the beginning credits. I also laughed at Dub Taylor and Dennis Fimple. Yes I'm a grown woman.
Anyways, if you can take grainy quality and not always 100% sound quality then I would recommend it. It's a very good Bigfoot movie, something you don't see many of. Being a Washington resident, Bigfoot movies and "documentaries" quite fascinate me.