The Poughkeepsie Tapes

Upstate New York. Autumn leaves. A box of tapes. Stacks of snuff film recovered from a killer's lair depict his methods and obsessions. The tapes also reveal one victim who lived, then disappeared again. Dowdle's found-footage film skirts the edge of torture-porn.

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John Erick Dowdle directed The Poughkeepsie Tapes in 2007. See John Erick Dowdle's full filmography, where to start with John Erick Dowdle, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Erick Dowdle.

The Poughkeepsie Tapes was released in 2007 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 81 minutes.