Charles B. Pierce

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Charles B. Pierce

Born June 16, 1938 · Hammond, Indiana, U.S.

Died March 5, 2010 · aged 71

Charles Bryant 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 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). Pierce was born in H…

Known For

Sudden ImpactSudden Impact · 1983
Sudden Impact
6.51983
MovieThrillerCrime
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
CoffyCoffy · 1973
Coffy
6.61973
MovieCrimeThriller
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
The Town that Dreaded SundownThe Town that Dreaded Sundown · 2014
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
5.82014
MovieThrillerHorror
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
The Night StranglerThe Night Strangler · 1973
The Night Strangler
6.71973
MovieTV MovieHorror
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?
Foxy BrownFoxy Brown · 1974
Foxy Brown
6.31974
MovieActionCrime
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
GrayeagleGrayeagle · 1977
Grayeagle
5.91977
MovieActionWestern
A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled frontier man John Colter who goes on an epic search for his daughter Beth, aided by a friendly native...
The Town That Dreaded SundownThe Town That Dreaded Sundown · 1976
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
5.81976
MovieHorrorMystery
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.
The EvictorsThe Evictors · 1979
The Evictors
6.41979
MovieCrimeHorror
A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history.

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