Manu Bhattathiri
Manu Bhattathiri is the author of" Savithri ’s Special Room and Other Stories" and" The Town That Laughed."
He is also the co-founder of Cheers!
Communications, an advertising agency based out of Bengaluru, India.
" The Town That Laughed" has been listed by The Hindu as one of the top 10 books( fiction) of 2018.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014 film)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 2014 American slasher film, a meta-sequel to the 1976 film of the same name.
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon in his feature-length directorial debut, the film was written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and produced by Jason Blum and Ryan Murphy.
The film stars Addison Timlin, Travis Tope, Spencer Treat Clark, Veronica Cartwright and Gary Cole and was one of the last films of Ed Lauter and Edward Herrmann before their deaths in October 2013 and December 2014, respectively.
The film was released on October 16, 2014 by Orion Pictures to positive reviews.
As of February 2019, the film has grossed over $100k through video sales.
Addison Timlin
Addison Timlin White( born Addison Jayne Timlin; June 29, 1991) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Jami Lerner in" The Town That Dreaded Sundown"( 2014) and Colleen Lunsford in" Little Sister"( 2016).
She is also known for playing Sasha Bingham in Showtime's" Californication".
Ben Palmer
Ben Palmer is a British film and television director who is known for being the director of" Bo' Selecta" and" The Inbetweeners".
Travis Tope
Travis Tope( born November 11, 1991) is an American film and television actor, known for playing Chris Truby in the film" Men, Women and Children", Nick Strain in" The Town That Dreaded Sundown", Joe Harper in the series" Boardwalk Empire", and Kevin McClain in the Netflix mockumentary" American Vandal".
Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini( 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) was an Italian film director.
Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the" commedia all'italiana" genre.
His daughters Cristina and Francesca are both film directors.
Voltati Eugenio
Voltati Eugenio( internationally released as Eugenio and" Turn Around Eugenio") is a 1980 Italian comedy drama film by Luigi Comencini.
It entered the 37th Venice International Film Festival.
The film won the David di Donatello for best score.
Charles B. Pierce
Charles B. Pierce( June 16, 1938 – March 5, 2010) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, set decorator, cinematographer and actor, and is considered one of the first modern independent filmmakers.
Pierce directed thirteen films over the span of 26 years, but is best known for his cult hits" The Legend of Boggy Creek"( 1973) and" The Town That Dreaded Sundown"( 1976).
An Arkansas resident most of his life, Pierce made his directorial debut with" Boggy Creek", a faux documentary- style film inspired by the legend of the Bigfoot- like Fouke Monster.
The low- budget film grossed roughly$ 25 million, and Pierce followed that success with several inexpensive, regional films set in the southern United States, including" The Town That Dreaded Sundown", based on the true story of the Phantom Killer murders in Texarkana.
Pierce continued directing films into the 1980s, when he wrote the story for the Clint Eastwood film" Sudden Impact".
For that screenplay, he is said to have written the phrase," Go ahead, make my day," which became one of the most famous movie quotes in history.
After years of pressure from producers, Pierce directed a" Boggy Creek" sequel,, which he considered the worst film of his career; it was later riffed on by the comedy television series" Mystery Science Theater 3000".
Joshua Leonard
Joshua Granville Leonard( born June 17, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his role in" The Blair Witch Project"( 1999).
He has since starred in films such as" Madhouse"( 2004)," The Shaggy Dog"( 2006)," Higher Ground"( 2011)," The Motel Life"( 2012)," Snake and Mongoose"( 2013)," If I Stay"( 2014)," The Town That Dreaded Sundown"( 2014)," 6 Years"( 2015), and" Unsane"( 2018).
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 American slasher film directed and produced by Charles B. Pierce, and written by Earl E. Smith.
The film is loosely based on the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, crimes attributed to an unidentified serial killer known as the Phantom Killer.
It is narrated by Vern Stierman, who had previously narrated Pierce's 1972 film "The Legend of Boggy Creek".
Ben Johnson stars as Captain J.D. Morales, the fictionalized version of Texas Ranger Captain M. T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas.
The Phantom is played by Bud Davis, who later worked as stunt coordinator on films such as "Forrest GumpCast Away", and "Inglourious Basterds".
The film was mostly shot around Texarkana, and a number of locals were cast as extras.
The world premiere was held in Texarkana on December 17, 1976, before its regular run in theaters on December 24.
The film is an early example of the slasher genre, released two years before "Halloween" (1978), and two years after "Black Christmas" and "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (both 1974).
The film claims that "the incredible story you are about to see is true, where it happened and how it happened; only the names have been changed.
" The actual Phantom attacked eight people in or near the town of Texarkana, Texas, which is on the Texas border with Arkansas.
Most of the murders occurred in rural areas just outside Texarkana, in Bowie County, Texas, while the film has them occurring in Arkansas.
However, the general outline of the murders largely follows reality, with mostly minor artistic license taken.
As in the film, the real killer was never identified nor apprehended.
The film is loose enough with the facts that one family member of a victim filed a lawsuit in 1978, over its depiction of his sister.
The fabricated facts in the film have also caused rumors and folklore to spread for generations around Texarkana.
The film's tagline claims that the man who killed five people "still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Ark.", causing officials of that neighboring city to threaten Pierce over the ads in 1977; however, it remained on the posters.
A sequel with the same name was released on October 16, 2014.

Question: Which film has the director who died earlier, The Town That Dreaded Sundown or Voltati Eugenio?