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The Poughkeepsie Tapes
2007
· Movie
· 81 min
D
MEANRANK
56/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4610
- IMDb #4762
- Google retired #2993
- Rotten Tomatoes #3739
- Letterboxd #5085
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4032
Every rating
36–76
out of 100
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.
Details
- Director
- John Erick Dowdle
- Writers
- Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle
- Released
- 27 April 2007
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $200.0K
- Box office
- $180.0K
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