OK Kiddies I admit that it has been a while since my last review but I assure you that I will be doing more for my loyal fans in the next few weeks.
Allot of the talk since my last review has been the death of Corey Haim. Now don't get me wrong that is a tragedy and he will be missed but what people don't know is that we lost another great filmmaker recently
Charles B Pierce passed away this past month and I am getting a lot of people going "Who was that?" however people from The great state of Texas and Horror connoisseurs instantly know the name.
Pierce is best known for the documentary The Legend of Boggy Creek. The flick which is considered by many, Myself included to be a precursor to the Blair Witch Project, Tells the story of the Fouke Monster, A Bigfoot like creature near Tex-arcana that many have seen and some have been attacked. Being given a documentary feel Pierce hired actual locals to either play themselves are their relatives and has this feeling of fear and dread that has yet to be replicated in modern
films of today.
Pierce also was one of the writers of the Clint Eastwood Directed Dirty Harry epic Sudden Impact and it was Pierce that gave Clint the immortal line "Go Ahead Make My Day"
Another one of Pierce's flicks that is one of the greats of the Drive in, Grindhouses, and Video Stores is The Town that Dreaded Sundown.
This flick is another Documentary style film about the Phantom Killer, a serial Killer in Tex-arcana that was never apprehended and many claim still lives there.
Due to the fact that there has not been an official DVD release of the flick a lot have forgotten about this "lost Gem" however it can be found on the Bootleg Circuit at the Conventions as well as copies on the Internet.
The Town that Dreaded Sundown gained it's place in Horror History by receiving honorable mention in a scene in the 1996 film Scream.
The mask worn by the killer is a simple burlap sack that was also used by Horror Icon Jason Vorhees in Friday the 13th part 2 and early scenes in the 2009 Remake.
Another film that features the mask worn by the killer is the new film Triangle.
Now what we have here kiddies is the story of a young woman that goes with some friends on a boat, and after a while a storm takes out the boat and they encounter an abandoned ship and they have to face off against a mysterious masked killer. Who is this Killer, Why are they being Killed, What the heck is going on? You have to see the Movie to find out
7 confirmed Dead Bodies (see the Film and you will understand)
0 Breasts
3 Beasts
1 Car Crash
3 Stars
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