...that's my larger overall problem with The Town That Dreaded Sundown: it makes the capital mistake of thinking that graphic violence and visual panache is enough to keep its audience entertained.

| Feb 22, 2020

So much obvious thought has gone into making the film visually striking that the script seems to have gone unread. There's no other explanation for the woeful stupidity of some of the characters' actions and the blandness of the dialogue.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 4, 2019

While its tone wildly varies, when it comes to the glut of horror remakes, it's a slight step ahead of the standard batch.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 2, 2016

Knowledge of the first film probably helps, but it's a nifty little genre experiment nonetheless.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 20, 2015

With its small-town atmospherics, a juicy supporting cast of character players, plus Addison Timlin's personable, plucky "final girl", this Town is pulled off with polished, enjoyable brashness ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 19, 2015

This is an exercise in nostalgia as much as bloodletting. The filmmakers are paying their very own tribute to teen-horror pics of the 1970s.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2015

Not a straight remake of the 1976 cult horror movie, The Town That Dreaded Sundown is more a self-referential homage that takes the original film's legacy and embellishes it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 16, 2015

A straightforward, slickly edited psycho-killer flick with moments of razor-sharp tension and a welcome appearance from Alien star Veronica Cartwright as Timlin's granny.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2015

Those who like their shivers served up with a spattering of grey matter should leave with a sunny disposition.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2015

It's an odd, if somewhat original, way of playing with sequel conventions: the plot exists in a reality where the original film also exists. But outside of knowing winks, this is cookie cutter carnage.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 16, 2015

Clever enough, but forgets to be exciting.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 16, 2015

A film that bounds towards the cult appeal of those self-reflexive horror classics, but agonisingly doesn't quite stick the landing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2015

This isn't only another rote slasher movie, full of ridiculous coincidences and obvious red herrings: it's actually worse than that, yet thinks it's clever.

| Apr 15, 2015

After a strong start, it's unfortunate that the director's efforts and fun cinematic trimmings are ultimately stymied by a narrative that gradually runs out of steam before the same old stalk and slash machinations are wheeled out.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 15, 2015

A clever concept and stylish execution (in both senses) aren't quite enough to make this achingly meta remake/reboot/sequel stand out from the slasher pack.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 13, 2015

It's too late to reinvent this wheel but there's no denying Gomez-Rejon's given it one hell of a spin.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 13, 2015

Offers something more complex and intriguing than a straightforward trudge through the events of the original.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 13, 2015

It's self-aware and funny, and packed with veterans who are all having a good time.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 10, 2015

Dutch angles, dual-focus, dream sequences and at least one belting tracking shot invoke B-movie masters in a film that's way more stylish and thoughtful than one might expect.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 20, 2015

...a misguided endeavor that's often far too self-referential for its own good...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 16, 2015