The Poughkeepsie Tapes
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The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007Movie1 h 21 minR

HorrorMystery
53
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb5.9Letterboxd2.6/5Rotten Tomatoes50%50%
53
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb5.9Letterboxd2.6/5Rotten Tomatoes50%50%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults
  • Solo watch

Skip it if

  • You want something to laugh at
  • You need an uplifting mood
  • Graphic violence bothers you
  • You scare easily

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Leaves you shaken.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Gets under your skin.
  • Keeps you on edge.

Not for warmth, uplift or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Story Overshadowed by Bigger NewsRare · in 18 titlesJames Foley is executed by lethal injection for the Butcher's murders on September 9, 2001.Very Loosely Based on a True Storyin 1,945 titlesThe story is similar to the crimes of real-life serial killers Roy Norris and Lawrence Bittaker, who, in the late '70s and early '80s, kidnapped five young women and sound-recorded the girls' screams…All 55 tropes

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