The Dark Tapes fingerprintHigh energy, striking style, emotionally cool.
Tense and scary
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
The Dark Tapes is tense and scary.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
The mind and mystery
Its world is built around the mind and mystery.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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The Dark Tapes is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, and Pluto TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 70/100 (IMDb 4.6 and Rotten Tomatoes 89%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 38 min
The Dark Tapes runs 1 h 38 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Dark Tapes higher (89) than audiences (50). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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