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Quick Info

Rating

6.6/10

Release2007

Runtime1h 21m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Brothers Dowdle Productions

Poughkeepsie Films

Orion Pictures

Movie

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007

1h 21m

6.6

Horror

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Synopsis

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.

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