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The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007 ·1h 21m · ★ 6.6 (735)

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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Director

John Erick Dowdle John Erick Dowdle
4 horror films in catalog
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Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
100
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
100
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
100
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
17
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
43
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
100
Discover with this DNA
Found FootageSerial Killer

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceChild in DangerTaboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationTorture
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

analogbitterbrainwashingfaux documentaryforebodinghybrid found footagemacabremaskmasked manmysterious killermysterious manpedophiliapovpseudo-documentarysadismsadistslavesnuffstockholm syndromesufferingtormenttorture

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