{"id":88482,"date":"2020-10-13T23:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T20:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-proto-slasher-legacy-of-the-town-that-dreaded-sundown\/"},"modified":"2020-10-13T23:16:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T20:16:37","slug":"the-proto-slasher-legacy-of-the-town-that-dreaded-sundown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-proto-slasher-legacy-of-the-town-that-dreaded-sundown\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Proto-Slasher Legacy of The Town That Dreaded Sundown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e07f3122bc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e07f3122bc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-proto-slasher-legacy-of-the-town-that-dreaded-sundown\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-proto-slasher-legacy-of-the-town-that-dreaded-sundown\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Proto-Slasher Legacy of The Town That Dreaded Sundown<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-04637504-093d-4be3-a121-b1015ed34453\"><em> Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video about the forgotten legacy of The Town That Dreaded Sundown.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>If you ask a room full of horror nerds what the first North American slasher is, you\u2019re going to get a couple of different answers. <\/p>\n<p>The bulk of the crowd will likely shout that 1978\u2019s <em><strong>Halloween<\/strong><\/em> was the first to establish the format; that when John Carpenter set a puritanical, faceless killer loose on a group of co-eds, he provided the definitive American answer to slash-h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y giallo films.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, every Canadian in the room is likely chopping at the bit to vouch for Bob Clark\u2019s <em><strong>Black Christmas<\/strong><\/em>, a film about a slobbering sorority-stalking maniac (making calls <em>from inside the house<\/em> no less), that predated <em>Halloween <\/em>by four years. <\/p>\n<p>And then, quietly, one person in the back might sheepishly mention <em><strong>The Town That Dreaded Sundown<\/strong><\/em>. <strong>Charles B. Pierce<\/strong>\u2018s film starkly dramatizes the very real 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Murders. In fact, in-line with his prior docu-drama, <em>The Legend of Boggy Creek<\/em>,<em> <\/em>Pierce went so far as to advertise <em>The Town That Dreaded Sundown<\/em> as \u201ca true story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the film is not exactly obscure, its contribution to the slasher genre is often unsung. In its quest to convey a sense of truthiness, The Town That Dreaded Sundown forwarded a frighteningly real truth about serial murder. Namely: that the killer it\u2019s rarely some clownish creep, an enigmatic force of evil, or an off-putting outsider. No, the boogeyman is usually just an everyday person: your coworker, barista, neighbor, or friend.<\/p>\n<p>For a deeper dive on the forgotten legacy of <em>The Town That Dreaded Sundown<\/em> check out the video essay below. It lays out the political and cultural climate in which the film was made, and why, exactly, its presence as a proto-slasher is one we keep forgetting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-b5ac606c-b74a-4cab-a663-701ec85c7024\">Watch \u201c<strong>The Forgotten Legacy of <em>The Town That Dreaded Sundown<\/em><\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Forgotten Legacy of THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hU_j8i-q1Q4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"block-da44f2c0-01e5-442d-b111-649cfba1b5a9\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe Forgotten Legacy of <em>The Town That Dreaded Sundown<\/em>\u201d was created by\u00a0<strong>Ryan Hollinger<\/strong>, a Northern Irish video essayist with a background in design and animation who specializes in horror films. Hollinger\u2019s analysis usually takes the shape of a personal retrospective. Indulging in a healthy dose of nostalgia, Hollinger\u2019s videos are contagiously endearing, entertaining, and informative. You can also check out Hollinger\u2019s podcast The Carryout on SoundCloud\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ryanhollinger\">here<\/a>. And you can subscribe to Hollinger\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> account\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/himynamesryan\/featured\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"block-da44f2c0-01e5-442d-b111-649cfba1b5a9\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/town-that-dreaded-sundown\/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=town-that-dreaded-sundown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#The Proto-Slasher Legacy of The Town That Dreaded Sundown&#8221; Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. 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