When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.
Direction
Charles B. Pierce fakes documentary authority with unnerving confidence.
Cinematography
Grainy 1976 stock makes Texarkana feel permanently stuck in 1946.
Practical Effects
The trombone kill — you'll know it when you scream.
Director
Charles B. Pierce
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Screened annually in Texarkana every Halloween since 1976, often at the actual murder locations — locals turned exploitation into ritual.
Pierce essentially invented the 'based on true events' horror marketing template later perfected by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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