Did John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN and David Fincher's ZODIAC borrow heavily from Charles B. Pierce's 1976 slasher THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN? Uh, YEAH. 

This second episode of "Stan the Obscurities," timed to coincide with the latest HALLOWEEN rebooquel, hinges on a standoff between our two female hosts as they trace their obsession with slasher flicks and true crime. In the second half, the ladies do battle with their male co-host over THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976), a slasher based on a series of unsolved murders in Texarkana. 

Learn about early horror films such as THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE, HAXAN and WHITE ZOMBIE! Hear a woman cry while meowing the HALLOWEEN score! Learn how THE SHINING violates its own internal logic! Trace the origins of the slasher genre from PSYCHO and PEEPING TOM to BLACK CHRISTMAS, where the "final girl" got her big start! 

Impress your friends by reciting the three types of horror film OR YOUR MONEY BACK! 

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