The defence The Adrenaline Seeker
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Thriller · Horror · 2014
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Movie details
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
“In 1946, a mysterious hooded killer terrorised Texarkana. In 1976, he was immortalised in the silver screen. Now, the maniac is back…”
2014 Thriller · Horror 1h 25m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Town that Dreaded Sundown?
For the defence
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.
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Trick
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A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
Bloodline
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Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
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Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.
Insidious: Chapter 3
Horror · 2015
A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.
The Jester
Horror · 2023
A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
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Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
Halloween
Horror · 2018
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Maniac Cop 2
Action · 1990
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
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The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Written by
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Addison Timlin
Jami
Veronica Cartwright
Lillian
Travis Tope
Nick
Anthony Anderson
Lone Wolf Morales
Joshua Leonard
Deputy Foster
Denis O'Hare
Charles B. Pierce, Jr.
Spencer Treat Clark
Corey
Court is in session
Put The Town that Dreaded Sundown on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.