

A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Direction
Gomez-Rejon's kinetic camera makes every kill a twisted art piece.
Cinematography
Strobing neon and shadow-drenched Texas landscapes.
Practical Effects
That sack-mask design? Simple, iconic, absolutely nightmarish.

Director
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1976 original was a regional drive-in phenomenon that locals still screen annually in Texarkana—this remake literally premiered at that same tradition.
Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon pivoted from this to Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, making him possibly the only filmmaker to go from splatter-meta-horror to Sundance tearjerker.