Helen Reed — The Town That Dreaded Sundown Character Profile

About Helen Reed

Victim attacked at her home. After her husband is killed, she is shot twice in the face, survives, drags herself to a cornfield, and is stalked by the Phantom with a pickaxe.

Character Facts

Played by

Dawn Wells

Appears in

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Helen Reed — Social Townsmen — Roy Allen (Steve Lyons)

  Social connection as fellow citizens enduring the town's terror.

• Helen Reed — Social Townsmen — Peggy Loomis (Cindy Butler)

  Social connection as fellow citizens enduring the town's terror.

• Helen Reed — Professional Investigator — Captain J.D. Morales (Ben Johnson)

  Lead investigator overseeing the case of Helen's brutal home invasion.

• Helen Reed — Professional Investigator — Deputy Norman Ramsey (Andrew Prine)

  Field investigator documenting Helen's survival and the town's reaction.

• Helen Reed — Professional Expert — Dr. Kress (Earl E. Smith)

  Psychiatrist providing behavioral analysis of the killer targeting Helen.

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More characters from The Town That Dreaded Sundown

• Captain J.D. Morales (Ben Johnson)
• Deputy Norman Ramsey (Andrew Prine)
• Patrolman A.C. Benson (Charles B. Pierce)
• Sgt. Mal Griffin (Jimmy Clem)
• Dr. Kress (Earl E. Smith)
• Peggy Loomis (Cindy Butler)
• Roy Allen (Steve Lyons)