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WHEN, in The Town That Dreaded Sundown, a lawman states: “Just about everyone here has some blood on their hands,” he’s not kidding.
Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s shocker is gory enough to keep his remake of the cult fact-inspired serial slayer 1976 shocker afloat. In it, fear grips small town Texarkana after the bloody murder of teenager Corey (Spencer Treat Clark) while on a date with 17-year-old Jami (Addison Timlin).
That slaughter, mirroring the depredations of a serial killer some 50 years previously, catalyses another killing spree by masked maniac the Phantom.Opening in an iconic US drive-in cinema, this chiller segues into a skilfully assembled series of effective horror-film tropes as Timlin investigates the history of the Phantom.
Tension grows inexorably and the murder of two young gays in a weird dump of unwanted advertising signs adds suspense.
While no major new boundaries are crossed, Gomez-Rejon understands what slasher-film fans want and delivers the bloody goods.
