The Poughkeepsie Tapes
2007 · Movie · R · 81 min · ★ 6.5 · 62% critics
After a stash of videotapes is discovered in an abandoned house, investigators piece together a chilling record of a serial killer’s years-long crimes. Presented like a true-crime documentary, the film mixes interviews and recovered footage to trace the case and the fear it left behind.
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-04-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (772 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grim, faux–true-crime found-footage experience that aims to feel disturbingly real, like Quarantine; not for you if graphic subject matter, bleak tone, or uneven acting will ruin the watch.
Pros: convincing mock-documentary feel; genuinely unsettling moments; intriguing true-crime setup | Cons: uneven acting; distorted hard-to-see footage; can feel slow
Themes
- mask
- pedophilia
- stockholm syndrome
- suffering
- sadism
- snuff
- mysterious man
- serial killer
- brainwashing
- torture
- sadist
- slave
- +12 more
Cast & crew
Stacy Chbosky
as Cheryl Dempsey
Ben Messmer
as Edward 'Ed' Carver
Lou George
as Felton Lewis
Ivar Brogger
as Leonard Schway
- ML
Michael Lawson
as Simon Alray
Amy Lyndon
as Alice Endrisart
Ron Harper
as Mike Moakes
Samantha Robson
as Samantha Baker
- KK
Kim Kenny
as Pam Frears
Beth Tapper
as Karen Tyler
Directed by John Erick Dowdle