Talk:The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976 film)

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Correction. It came out in 1977. Other than that, I should recommend: crimelibrary.com stomptokyo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enda80 (talk • contribs) 16:49, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

-Incorrect. The movie was in drive-in's in the USA in late '76. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HammerFilmFan (talk • contribs) 15:38, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Interesting...
http://www.arkansas.com/places-to-go/film-tv/detail.aspx?id=20 The state actually has a (very small) list of filming locations, on their tourism website. -- Zanimum (talk) 12:06, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

In popular culture section
Just to be clear, why does this stand again? Sorry for removing it twice if I'm in error. No real excuse for that other than my own problems. ;) Andrzejbanas (talk) 13:34, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
 * My main issues is that these sections fail WP:OR, they are original research. It may be obvious to you and me, but to people who aren't familiar with these films you are discussing, it's not "obvious". Even worse is that this supposed similarities suggest that those films took the idea from The Town That Dreaded Sundown, which there is no proof of. That's why I think this section needs to be removed or cited. Andrzejbanas (talk) 14:56, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
 * It stands because it meets criteria per [| Manual of Style - Popular Culture]

Films speak for themselves and do not need to be "cited". It is not original research. The similarities do not suggest anything (especially the idea that anything was "stolen" or "borrowed" from them), it simply points out the similarities. There is nothing in the sentence that suggests otherwise, therefore nothing to prove. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JeremeK (talk • contribs) 03:39, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Do not remove tags that aren't settled yet. Also, it actually fails Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film#Popular_culture, because the statement "They should be supported by third party sources that place the reference into context." is not as followed. Andrzejbanas (talk) 03:58, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
 * "In Popular Culture" sections must be properly cited. Without citations, it is original research to draw parallels between different texts.  We also need a secondary source to verify that the popular in culture in question is actually due.  Without this, it's just trivia that can be removed by any editor. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:14, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I concur with NinjaRobotPirate. A connection or reference noted by a secondary source indicates that it is noteworthy for inclusion. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 14:37, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 21 September 2023

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Edward-Woodrow  •  talk  20:17, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown → The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976 film) – According to pageviews, the article is viewed as much as the 2014 remake. To put this another way, even as a classic, I'm not confident that the film's historical significance supersedes its popularity. The base title should be that of a dabpage. George Ho (talk) 06:41, 21 September 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:31, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support Views have been similar for years and one is a sequel to, rather than a remake of, the other. If it were actually a remake, that would probably make me oppose this move. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 16:40, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose I don't think the remake/sequel having around as many Wikipedia views is a reason to not think of this as a primary topic.★Trekker (talk) 00:30, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Film has been notified of this discussion. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:31, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Horror has been notified of this discussion. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:31, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support reasonable move request. Reviewing the 1976 film and considering WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, I am not finding that this film has particular long-term significance. Google Books and Google Scholar don't really show this film being of retrospective focus, beyond passing mentions, so I don't see any reason for it to supersede the 2014 film. With that, plus similar page views, it seems like a tie. I'm fine with a disambiguation page listing these films. A similar example I can think of is The Crazies with its 1973 and 2010 films that are also not that famous. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 18:50, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per nomination, ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ and Erik. Both The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976 film) as well as The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014 film) should be listed upon the proposed The Town That Dreaded Sundown disambiguation page. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 01:43, 2 October 2023 (UTC)