The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Movie • 1976 • Crime
ReportA Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.
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There is a scene where the second victim of the Phantom (the killer) is found bound by her wrists to a tree. She is found dead. Later in the movie, the third victim is restrained by her wrists to a tree while still conscious.
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While it's explicitly mentioned that rape itself didn't occur, the killer is mentioned to have bitten a woman's back, stomach, and breasts- "literally chewed" them. We see bite marks on another victim's body later. Even later, we get confirmation that these biting incidents are sexual in nature. Additionally, in the real life Texarkana killings this film is based on, the killer did in fact sexually assault at least one victim.
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Sort of, there's an extended sequence where a man dresses as a woman as a disguise and is thoroughly mocked for it by his peers, with multiple jokes made at his expense, and he's jokingly flirted with as though he were a woman. I'd say that if someone is triggered by misgendering, they'd probably at least be uncomfortable with these scenes. (edit: fyi the "are there man in a dress jokes" warning was added to this site like a month after i made this comment lmao. well. im leaving this comment up anyway)
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A black man is referred to with a pejorative related to his skin color. This is the only instance of hate speech in the film, if memory serves.
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