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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.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   867 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Drew Dowdle (story)
John Erick Dowdle (writer)
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Release Date:
2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The Terror is Real more
Plot:
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house... more | full synopsis
User Reviews:
can't get this movie out of my head! more (36 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Stacy Chbosky ... Cheryl Dempsey

Ben Messmer ... Ed

Samantha Robson ... Samantha

Ivar Brogger ... Leonard Schway

Lou George ... Felton Lewis

Amy Lyndon ... Alice Endrisart
Michael Lawson ... Simon Alray

Ron Harper ... Mike Moakes

Kim Kenny ... Pam Frears
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Iris Bahr ... Psychiatrist

Scott Beehner ... Jason Ribling
Adarsha Benjamin ... Victim 2
Kelli Bielema ... Jane Gerber

Linda Bisesti ... Sandra Willets
Lisa Black ... Victoria Dempsey
Marissa Blanchard ... Girl Scout 1
Bill Bookston ... James Foley
William Bookston ... James Foley
Oto Brezina ... Dr. Farhad Mansourian

Jules Bruff ... Blinker
Paul Buxton ... Walter Kunkler
Todd Cahoon ... Ted Bundy
Blaire Chandler ... Cynthia Gorman

Larry Clarke ... Edgar Cummings

Donna Cooper ... Prostitute 2

Bruce Cronander ... Harvey Scroggs

Meredith Cross ... Jeanette Anderson

Henry Dittman ... Frank Anderson

Bobby Eskandari ... Dr. Arnold Montufar (as Bobby Alexander)

Dennis Garber ... Joseph Danvers

Chip Godwin ... Hank Foley
Jennifer Griswold ... Jennifer Griswold

David Haack ... Tim Surrey
Tom Hauser ... News Anchor

Keisuke Hoashi ... Dai Loung

Sean Huze ... Hector Gomez (scenes deleted)

Michael Hyland ... Profiling Student 1 (as Mike Hyland)
David James ... Tim Surrey

Ceciley Jenkins ... Traci Looner
Zale Kessler ... Frederick Miller

Morgan Lariah ... Profiling Student 2

Fiona Lincke ... Reporter
Bobbi Sue Luther ... Josephine
Sierra Marcoux ... Jennifer Gorman

James Mathers ... Bernard Golinko
Paulah May ... Investigator
Leah McLean ... News Anchor

Tracy Miller ... TV Reporter

Naveen ... Dr. Arjay Vintopeej
Philip Newby ... Irwin Griffard (as Phil Newby)

Bruno Oliver ... Joel Gorman

Steven M. Porter ... Albert Cromley

Adrian Roberts ... Warden
Brad Satin ... Himself

Brooke Sikkema ... Girl Scout 2

Heather Snell ... Jennifer Henshaw

Joann Socrates ... Victim #1

Erin Stutland ... Victim 1

Beth Tapper ... Karen Tyler
David Wilcox ... Jacob Polinski

Mark McClain Wilson ... Mark Rongitch
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sadistic violence and torture, including terror and graphic descriptions.
Runtime:
86 min
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27 out of 44 people found the following review useful.
can't get this movie out of my head!, 8 May 2007
10/10
Author: Stauch from Los Angeles, CA

I'm a big fan of the horror genre, but I've gotten used to "disposable" horror flicks that stop being scary the moment the lights come up. So I'm especially grateful to admit-- I CANNOT GET THIS MOVIE OUT OF MY HEAD! I thought it was scary in the theater, but it's just become so much scarier in the week since I saw it at the Tribeca Film Festival (where the audience, BTW, went nuts for it. it was the big "buzz" film at TFF.)

I don't want to add any spoilers so I won't go into detail, but MAN, there were a handful of "video footage" scenes that were so scary, I haven't been able to wash my face without keeping one eye open while I splash with water, you know what I mean?

For me, the thing that makes it so scary is 1.) it's all so hyper realistic 2.) the characters (some of them) are so vulnerable and authentic and even kind of lovable that the scares have a lot more impact. If you're hoping to see just another popcorn movie where the gang of vapid teenagers gets butchered, this probably ain't the film for you. On the other hand, if you wish they were still making movies as meaningful and scary as Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, The Shining, Texas Chainsaw, Henry Portrait Of... and even (to mention a newer flick) The Ring, then you absolutely have to check out this new cult classic.

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