Reviewed by Kevin Scott
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Written by: Earl E. Smith
Directed by: Charles B. Pierce
Cast: Ben Johnson (Capt. J.D. Morales), Andrew Prine (Deputy Norman Ramsey), Dawn Wells (Helen Reed), Charles B. Pierce (Patrolman A.C. Benson), Robert Aquino (Sherriff Otis Barker), Jimmy Clem (Sgt. Mal Griffin), Jim Citty (Police Chief R.J. Sullivan), Cindy Butler (Peggy Loomis)
If I had seen this film, it’s been a fleeting memory, and my recollections of it were sketchy to non-existent. I had to watch it when I saw it on Netflix. This happens to be one of the granddaddy’s of the slasher film genre when there was no genre at all. At this particular point in 1976, there was only one other, and that was “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. No “Halloween” yet, and “Friday the 13th” was even further down the line. My expectations...
MoreHorror.com
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Written by: Earl E. Smith
Directed by: Charles B. Pierce
Cast: Ben Johnson (Capt. J.D. Morales), Andrew Prine (Deputy Norman Ramsey), Dawn Wells (Helen Reed), Charles B. Pierce (Patrolman A.C. Benson), Robert Aquino (Sherriff Otis Barker), Jimmy Clem (Sgt. Mal Griffin), Jim Citty (Police Chief R.J. Sullivan), Cindy Butler (Peggy Loomis)
If I had seen this film, it’s been a fleeting memory, and my recollections of it were sketchy to non-existent. I had to watch it when I saw it on Netflix. This happens to be one of the granddaddy’s of the slasher film genre when there was no genre at all. At this particular point in 1976, there was only one other, and that was “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. No “Halloween” yet, and “Friday the 13th” was even further down the line. My expectations...
- 10/23/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Even without the furry earmuffs and horned hats that real Vikings didn't actually wear, this would still be a terrible film
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The Norseman (1978)
Director: Charles B Pierce
Entertainment grade: Fail
History grade: D–
Around 985, Icelander Bjarni Herjólfsson was travelling to Greenland, went the wrong way, and stumbled across America. The first European to explore and settle in America was Bjarni's associate Leif Eiríksson, a few years later.
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"This motion picture is based on fact," says a title card at the beginning. "As early as the year 793Ad a lusty horde of blond giants came out of the icy mountains of Norway to boldly sail the seas in longships." So many adjectives and a Star Trek allusion promise great things. The Norseman delivers fictional Viking Thorvald the Bold. He is played by Lee Majors, clad in Wagnerian fantasy gold armour, an inexplicable...
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The Norseman (1978)
Director: Charles B Pierce
Entertainment grade: Fail
History grade: D–
Around 985, Icelander Bjarni Herjólfsson was travelling to Greenland, went the wrong way, and stumbled across America. The first European to explore and settle in America was Bjarni's associate Leif Eiríksson, a few years later.
People
"This motion picture is based on fact," says a title card at the beginning. "As early as the year 793Ad a lusty horde of blond giants came out of the icy mountains of Norway to boldly sail the seas in longships." So many adjectives and a Star Trek allusion promise great things. The Norseman delivers fictional Viking Thorvald the Bold. He is played by Lee Majors, clad in Wagnerian fantasy gold armour, an inexplicable...
- 7/4/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
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