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First Casting News for ‘The Town That Dreaded Sundown’ Remake

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We’ve got the first casting news for the upcoming The Town That Dreaded Sundown remake for you.   The original 1976 film is based on the real-life series of murders that occurred in 1946 in Texarkana, Texas that created a veil of fear throughout an entire community.

Deadline is reporting, Addison Timlin (Californication, Zero Hour) is set to star in MGM‘s horror remake, which puts a modern meta twist on the original. Pic takes place in Texarkana, site of the 1946 “Moonlight Murders” that inspired the 1976 cult pic The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Addison Timlin plays Jami, a girl who survives a copycat massacre at the film’s annual tribute screening and sets out to solve the mystery of who’s recreating the unsolved Sackhead murders, using clues from her own past. Ryan Murphy is producing with Jason Blum. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, who directed episodes of American Horror Story for Murphy, is helming.

We’ll have more on The Town That Dreaded Sundown as it comes in.

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Michael Juvinall

I am a Horror journalist, producer, ravenous Horror fiend, aficionado of the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, Werewolves, and all things Horror.

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