R (for sadistic violence and torture, including terror and graphic descriptions)
Genre:
Horror, Suspense/Thriller
Release Date:
February 8, 2008
Running time:
86 minutes
Cast:
Luke Wilson, Radha Mitchell
Director:
John Erik Dowdle
Producer:
Drew Dowdle
Writer:
Drew Dowdle, John Erik Dowdle
Distributor:
MGM
Description: Beginning in 1988, a wave of missing person reports and unsolved murders from New York to Pennsylvania, began to alarm law enforcement officials. Many of the strange disappearances and dead victims held similarities. Soon the authorities realized they were dealing with a serial killer. The hunt to identify and capture the killer was layered with troubling facts and haunting events. Then, in 2001, police in Poughkeepsie New York made a shocking discovery--10 bodies buried in the backyard of a residential house. Inside the home, police uncovered over 800 neatly organized videotapes detailing the exploits of one man's decade-long crime spree. The most disturbing part of the find was that the killer had filmed all of the footage himself--from his first moments stalking his victims to their last seconds alive. "The Poughkeepsie Tapes" examines the homicides--incorporating interviews from criminal experts, testimony from the only victim ever rescued alive and chilling footage shot from the killer's own camera. All of which document the twisted path of a serial killer as never before. Unfortunately, the discovery of the tapes left more questions than answers. Did the killer leave the tapes intentionally? Do the tapes hold hidden clues? Is he still active? This film dares to show what has never been presented to the public before--the evidence, the puzzle and the footage of "The Poughkeepsie Tapes."
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