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The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

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weirdlookindog · 10 months

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The Evictors (1979)

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gatutor · 5 months

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Lana Wood "Águila gris" (Grayeagle) 1977, de Charles B. Pierce.

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crumbargento · 2 years

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Jessica Harper in ‘The Evictors’ - Charles B. Pierce - 1979 - USA

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currently watching The Evictors (1979)

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown by Charles B. Pierce.

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1977

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The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

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"based on the Texarkana Moonlight Murders"

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ogradyfilm · 8 months

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Recently Viewed: The Town That Dreaded Sundown

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!]

The Town That Dreaded Sundown is essentially two different movies haphazardly sewn together—a grotesque, shambling affront to nature akin to Brundlefly, Frankenstein’s monster, or the Fiji mermaid.

The first is a haunting portrait of a quaint, quiet community terrorized by a sadistic serial killer. Presented in a pseudo-documentary style, this half of the experience is a genuinely effective horror film, anticipating both the slasher genre and Bong Joon-ho’s far more accomplished Memories of Murder (which is also based on an unsolved crime spree, and therefore likewise lacks a concrete resolution). The murderer around whom the conflict revolves is a terrifying manifestation of postwar trauma, anxiety, and impotent rage: his eyes blaze like hot coals beneath his makeshift mask, which expands and contracts like a pulsating heart with every labored breath he takes. The climactic sequence in which he shoots a defenseless housewife in the face before relentlessly pursuing her through a nearby cornfield is as deliciously suspenseful as it is excruciatingly uncomfortable to watch.

The second, on the other hand, is the worst slapstick comedy ever committed to celluloid, courtesy of Patrolman A.C. “Sparkplug” Benson. Played by director Charles B. Pierce (who really should have stayed behind the camera—though even that is debatable, as fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 can attest), this bumbling small town cop makes Barney Fife seem competent and dignified in comparison—and he is, unfortunately, the most prominent supporting character, constantly subjecting the audience to aggressively unfunny vaudeville routines that both disrupt the pace and diminish the tension. His poor driving, for example, is the source of much “hilarity,” leading to many flattened cigars and submerged vehicles. In a later scene, he disguises himself in drag (unconvincingly) for an undercover sting operation—an already inert gag that’s aged about as well as you’d expect.

While The Town That Dreaded Sundown’s merits outweigh its shortcomings, its flaws are ultimately too fundamental to ignore entirely. It’s worth a gander for its historical significance (its influence on Friday the 13th Part 2, in particular, is indisputable), but I doubt that I’ll revisit it in the future.

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adamwatchesmovies · 2 years

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Dirty Harry 4: Sudden Impact (1983)

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to look up which Dirty Harry is which. None have been as spectacular as the first, but this fourth entry - Sudden Impact is quite strong. It's a vast improvement over The Enforcer thanks to a great villain and a different take on Detective Harry Callahan’s approach to police justice.

In San Francisco, artist Jennifer Spencer (Sondra Locke) murders one of the men who raped her and her sister years ago. Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) is investigating the crime. Considering his unorthodox approach to justice, will the officer and serial killer see eye-to-eye?

There’s a lot of good stuff here and the only thing that stops this sequel from being on the same level as the first is a few action movie moments. In Sudden Impact, when a bad guy gets it, they have to be annihilated in a spectacularly absurd fashion. These scenes stick out as overly movie-like compared to the rest of the film, which is largely grounded in reality. You wonder how Harry will handle Jennifer once he learns the truth. They have a lot in common and unlike the antagonists from Magnum Force, she isn’t taking things too far – if that is possible when we are talking about murder. As an audience member, you don’t know whom to cheer for. You can’t go around shooting people in the face, but if anyone’s got just cause, it’s her.

As Jennifer tracks down her targets one by one, we find that they're surprisingly well-defined. In most films, a rapist is just a rapist. If they have other personality traits, they might also love kicking puppies or be raging homophobes. Basically, they’re inhuman monsters who have managed to pass off as regular people. Here, it isn’t that simple – at least not in every case. Whether you like to think so or not, even criminals are human beings. Sudden Impact makes us consider the need for due process and trials. It makes you wonder what Callahan will do when he puts all the clues together.

Sudden Impact also brings to us one of the series’ most enduring and memorable catchphrases: “Go ahead, make my day”. There are plenty of good action scenes, bad people get their satisfying comeuppance and it features the second-best villain of the series (actually I should say “antagonist”, not “villain”). It’s a solid entry. (On DVD, February 24, 2018)