The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

The Poughkeepsie Tapes film image
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CURRENT RANK#1109 VOTES38
STATUS DROPPED OUT
LAST APPEARANCE 2024AT#941
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Film details

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Year2007
CountryUSA
TypeMovie
Runtime81m
CastStacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Samantha Robson, Ivar Brogger, Lou George, Amy Lyndon, Michael Lawson, Ron Harper, Kim Kenny, Iris Bahr

Review

"It's a mockumentary, minus the comedy and satire. It's a mockumentary that houses a two-pronged attack of brutally accurate portrayals of torture, murder and dismemberment seamlessly interwoven with expert analysis and the thoughts and memories of those who were affected by the killers rampage, and those who were hunting him down. In fact, it's not too far removed from what the Discovery channel and TLC show on a daily basis... The writing leaps off the screen, as the Dowdle brothers concoct a credible, highly intelligent, innovative killer and sets him loose in the "Anywhere, USA" suburbs of Poughkeepsie, New York." - Alex Seda, Midnight Showing

Ranking history

The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films

EDITIONS IN TOP 1,0005
HIGHEST#6942015
LOWEST#1,2612019
#648#978#1,307TOP 1,000201520162017201820192020202120232024202520262015 — #694 · Top 1,0002016 — #698 · Top 1,0002017 — #731 · Top 1,0002019 — #1,261 · Outside Top 1,0002020 — #1,001 · Outside Top 1,0002021 — #1,065 · Outside Top 1,0002023 — #923 · Top 1,0002024 — #941 · Top 1,0002025 — #1,175 · Outside Top 1,0002026 — #1,109 · Outside Top 1,000
Top 1,000Outside Top 1,000Missing ranking data

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The 21st Century’s Greatest Horror Films

EDITIONS RANKED6
HIGHEST#1592015
LOWEST#4232025
#137#291#445Top 250Top 50020152020202120232024202520262020 — Not ranked · Outside Top 2502015 — #1592021 — #3042023 — #2912024 — #2992025 — #4232026 — #390
Published rankingNot ranked (outside published list)

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