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The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007 · 81 min

A cold, queasy plunge into cruelty, staged like a real-crime documentary that leaves you feeling soiled and watched.

Tagline
The terror is real.
Overview
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • obsession
  • madness
  • isolation
  • crime
Places
  • small town
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • mockumentary
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror9
Humour0
Realism8
Romance0
Tension9
Darkness10
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery, crime, thriller
Directed by
John Erick Dowdle
Written by
John Erick Dowdle
Starring
Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Lou George, Ivar Brogger, Michael Lawson, Amy Lyndon, Ron Harper, Samantha Robson
Music
Keefus Ciancia
Cinematography
Shawn Dufraine
Runtime
81 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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