The Poughkeepsie Tapes
The Poughkeepsie Tapes is a 2007 American pseudo-documentary horror film written, directed, edited, and co-developed by John Erick Dowdle. It is about the murders of a serial killer in Poughkeepsie, New York, told through interviews and footage from a cache of the killer's snuff films.
Plot
When police raid a house in Poughkeepsie, New York, they discover over 800 videotapes shot by serial killer Edward Carver, which present a visual record of his murders, filmed in full from the point of abduction to the postmortem mutilation of the victim. Despite the volume of evidence, Carver is careful not to be shown on film unless fully disguised, leading to police and law enforcement beginning an investigation into both his whereabouts and the whereabouts of his victims.
More details
author | John Erick Dowdle |
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contentLocation | New York |
director | John Erick Dowdle |
editor | John Erick Dowdle |
events | serial killer |
genre | horror |
keywords | begin caesarian section cctv cesarian section chloroform closed-circuit television club exonerate fertility clinic film former partner frame gas station identifies with her captor law enforcement lethal injection map search modus operandi plea bargain plea deals police officer police raid post-credits scene rescue september 11 attacks severed head sew sperm sample stockholm syndrome suffer wake |
musicBy | Keefus Ciancia |
producer | Drew Dowdle |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Orion Pictures |
theme | mockumentary pseudo-documentary serial killer snuff |