The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

Directed by

John Erick Dowdle

Genre

horror film, crime film, found footage film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 783 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary-style film interviews people about a serial killer who filmed his murders in Poughkeepsie, New York. The footage shows the killer's crimes and the investigators trying to catch him.

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What happens

The Poughkeepsie Tapes is a 2007 American pseudo-documentary horror film written, directed, and edited by John Erick Dowdle from a story he co-wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle. It revolves around a serial killer's murders in Poughkeepsie, New York, told through interviews and footage from a cache of the killer's snuff films. The film premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, but had a troubled release history; it was originally slated for theatrical release by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in February 2008, but was removed from the release schedule. The film had a brief video-on-demand release in 2014, but remained unavailable on home media. In October 2017, the film was released and remastered on DVD and Blu-ray by Shout! Factory via the newly-revived Orion Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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