"The Town That Dreaded Sundown" release date is officially set for October 16, 2014. The original"low-budget" film was released in 1976.
According to ComingSoon.net, the director of the "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" is Alfonso Gomez-Rejon alongside screenwriter Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Casts are Addison Timlin, Spencer Treat Clark, Joshua Leonard, Gary Cole, Veronica Cartwright, and Denis O'Hare.
The publication provided plot summary which reads:
"Based on a terrifying true story, "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" picks up sixty-five years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, when the "moonlight murders" begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high school girl, with dark secrets of her own, may be the key to catching the murderer."
The trailer of "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" is now available. Watch this:
The first screening of the movie is happening now at the 10th annual of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas on September 18-25, 2014.
According to Wikipedia, during an interview, the producer Jason Blum was asked why he wanted a remake for this movie. And his response was:
"Ryan Murphy found the movie, brought it to me and said, "I wanna do it." I didn't find it. He brought it to me. I think he is an amazing, creative force, especially with horror. I think he thinks about horror in a really unique way. So, he pitched it to me and I really wanted to work with him. I didn't know the [original] movie. That's what got me interested in it. I have had a really good working relationship with him. And the whole point of why my business exists and why I'm such a fanatic about making movies inexpensively is that you get to do different stuff. We just wanted to try it. That's the fun thing. When you don't have a $20 million horror film, which is a typical horror movie studio budget, or a $180 million tent-pole budget, looming down at you, you can try new stuff. It may work or it may not work, but the fun is that we can try. It's a really weird movie to remake, and I really like doing weird things."
