The Town That Takes
In The Town That Takes movie, Dean Richardson is a troubled Army veteran living alone in Georgia, haunted by years of guilt and regret. After the sudden death of his ex-wife Mary, Dean travels to North Carolina for the funeral and reconnects with his estranged twelve-year-old son, Wyatt — a quiet kid obsessed with conspiracy podcasts, comic books, and stories about cryptids and skinwalkers.
Following the funeral, Dean decides to bring Wyatt home with him to Georgia in hopes of rebuilding their fractured relationship. Their road trip takes a dark turn when they stop in a small backwoods town haunted by whispers tied to the mysterious word “CROATOAN.” At a roadside diner, Dean notices strange behavior from the locals, especially their waitress Meg, who becomes unsettlingly fixated on Wyatt. That night, while staying at a rundown motel, Dean senses something is terribly wrong after encountering bizarre behavior from the motel clerk and hearing disturbing noises throughout the building.
The next morning, Dean and Wyatt are detained after the motel clerk is found brutally murdered. Veteran Detective Douglas O'Shea and rookie Detective St. Clair are already investigating a horrifying series of unexplained killings connected to the area — including ritualistic deaths, invisible attacks caught on surveillance cameras, and reports of human-like creatures surviving gunshots and feeding on victims.
As violence spreads across the county, Dean becomes the prime suspect in a string of murders despite evidence placing him in multiple locations at once. After escaping custody, Dean and Wyatt become trapped in the nightmare consuming the town. Deep in the woods, Wyatt vanishes after a violent crash, and Dean encounters a terrifying entity capable of mimicking human voices and appearances.
With the town descending into chaos and something inhuman hunting them through the forests, Dean and O'Shea form an uneasy alliance to uncover the truth behind the legend of CROATOAN before Wyatt is lost forever.
The Town That Takes will be in theaters 7.10.2026!