The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
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. (imdb)
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Directed By: John Erick Dowdle
Written By: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle
Starring: Ivar Brogger, Amy Lyndon, Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Samantha Robson, Lou George
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The Poughkeepsie Tapes belongs to 8 collections
1. B-Movie (public - 15 stars)
2. Mockumentary (public - 9 stars)
3. Found footage (public: moderated by Jorg - 4 stars)
4. Movies containing scary videotapes (public: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
5. Tom & Bitches' Infinite Watchlist (public - 1 star)
6. Horror (private: fruititself - 4 stars)
7. edkrak films to see (private: edkrak - 3 stars)
8. Horror (private: horrorjames - 2 stars)
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Top badass moment? The wardrobe full of video tapes. All there'd be nowadays are a couple of titchy memory cards in an envelope; that's just not going to have the same impact. If I ever decide to film all my misdemeanours then I’m going to at least get a decent camera. These serial killer types really don’t think through the cinematography of what they’re up to. It doesn't have to be IMAX friendly, just get a clean image. Please! 2 decapitations (1 pre-prepared), no cats or chainsaws.
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I hated this.
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Wow, was this ever uncomfortable. Not that it's scary, but it's like watching your uncles make out.
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i don't feel good
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JohnSandwich | 35 12% |
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some good visuals, otherwise amateurish and boring
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Is this satire?
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Hard to watch and generally creepy. Never since Blair Witch has a found footage horror film felt so real. Although they accomplished this by going Mocukmentary route so the film suffers from inherit pacing issues and subplots that are not fully developed. And until the killer starts the first 20 minutes of back story is a bore. But this is one of those movies that will stay with you for a while after watching it.
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SirRobbie | 50 8% |
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Somewhere in the end there were maybe 3 moments that were scary, but overall this was a big dissapointment. I didn't believe for a second that it was real footage, and this is your main goal in a found-footage film.
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Trooth | 74 67% |
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I must have watched a completely different movie from a lot of my fellow reviewers, because I don't remember any rape scenes... I remember people talking about rape, but no scenes where it actually happens. People are throwing around the words "torture porn" constantly, but this is much more tame and less indulgent than the likes of Saw and Hostel. It's a solid horror movie with a nice documentary twist on the "found footage" genre.
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| Aug 16, 2013 | stonie | 30 7% |
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The film feels like it was written by a bunch of middle schoolers competing over who can come up with the most depraved shit possible. Some of it isn't far off from acts committed by famous real-life serial killers, but knowing somebody painstakingly penned this movie to be as shocking as possible just makes it come acrosss like an Aristocrats joke that's taking itself 100% seriously. (1/5)
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It's just torture porn. The scenes that don't involve rape and dismemberment and gore are pretty creepy, but they're few and far between.
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Judge Holden | 2 15% |
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I especially liked when it was semi-implied that the killer foresaw 9/11 and used it to his advantage. This is a comedy, right?
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Kojiless | 34 35% |
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Kudos to the filmmakers for making something that appears realistic, but man, never has serial killing been so utterly boring.
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IMDb-byvotes | 65 33% |
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ilyaoblomov | 68 57% |
| Oct 24, 2011 | billy shears | 73 55% |
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| Oct 17, 2011 |  |
Lord Moe | 68 27% |
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"The Poughkeepsie Tapes" is a mockumentary about a killer who video tapes his murders and torture. Most of the movie is, what looks to be, VHS footage that the killer took, and everything else is set up as a documentary on the killings. I found it believable for the most part, aside from some of the actors in the documentary portion. But the reason to watch this is, of course, for the murder sections. They do very much with very little. They're very scary and realistic.
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| Oct 14, 2011 |  |
afx237vi | 10 1% |
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Tiresome faux-documentary hampered by poor production values, bad acting and unrealistic dialogue. I realise that it was made with a low budget, but the acting feels so forced and unnatural that it never allows you to immerse yourself into the film. The fake camera distortion on the tapes is distracting, too. The killer supposedly spent all those years making video tapes, you'd think he'd buy a decent camera, no? Tedious and annoying - I considered turning it off several times.
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p00q | 70 55% |
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LennyNero | 40 24% |
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Terrible acting and some lousy dialogues ruin a good idea. The bit about "the missed one" was really creepy though.
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I'm thoroughly shocked people aren't ranking this higher. From every standpoint, this film works. Just look at the effort that was put into making the tapes themselves look authentic. Besides the kudos I have to give to the actual production of the film, it does serve to a) effectively freak out the audience and b) lampoon the audience for being into true crime documentary in the first place. Bravo. Genius. The defense rests.
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| Jan 27, 2011 | bertonia | 70 26% |
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Creeped the bejeezus out of me. Way more so that Paranormal Activity.
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twincinema | 15 6% |
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Cook3777 | 65 32% |
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Haruko | 66 33% |
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It was well made and all but shit, I hate this post-Saw torture horror. Watched it by accident and now can't get images out of my head. Basic serial killer horror's moved to tv. We no longer get Se7ven or Bone Collectior, it's all Criminal Minds and Dexter nowadays.
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| Nov 04, 2010 | Marijke | 68 47% |
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capitalist | 45 24% |
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Barthalen | 71 59% |
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The goal is to make you feel deeply uncomfortable, and it succeeded in my case. A lot depends on the believability; the documentary elements were pulled off pretty well and draw you into the dark revelations of the film. The tapes themselves vary from deeply disturbing to a bit silly (the killer in theatrical garb trying to be menacing didn't work for me). Amusing closing statement regarding the killer probably watching it in the theater.. WITH YOU! Effective horror, but would not watch again.
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| Jul 21, 2010 | ok292 | 70 37% |
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poltergeist | 65 62% |
| Jun 23, 2010 | f-adam | 30 20% |
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jamesdepaolo | 55 29% |
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there is a few moments in here that are really scary...from a reality standpoint..esp the child abduction scene..but the movie s selling points the tapes were so poorly shot I know its suppose to feel like they were real...but even a real person would have had better quality
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| Mar 23, 2010 | Golfingdanls | 5 30% |
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Eignarom | 24 7% |
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imdb | 70 70% |
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M.Habarta | 85 60% |
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This Was Pretty Bad
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gogokain | 25 36% |
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djemba | 45 15% |
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ZombieBuffet | 55 35% |
| Average Percentile 35.16% from 246 Ratings |  |
