The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) on Netflix
R20071h 21mHorrorMysteryThriller
Police raid a Poughkeepsie house and find more than 800 tapes a serial killer made of his crimes. Detectives hunt his identity and the victims he abducted, including teenager Cheryl Dempsey.
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Trailer
Plot summary
When police raid a house in Poughkeepsie, New York, they find more than 800 videotapes on which a serial killer recorded his crimes, from the abductions through the torture and mutilation of the bodies. State and federal investigators review the footage for his identity and for the whereabouts of the people he took. Because he numbered the tapes, they can follow his early crimes in order: an eight-year-old girl seized from her front yard, a couple named the Andersons who agreed to give him a ride, and teenager Cheryl Dempsey. In interviews, police and FBI officials describe the case, and the footage shows the killer only in disguise.
Cast
- Michael Lawsonas Simon Alray
- Kim Kennyas Pam Frears
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- John Erick Dowdle and his brother Drew were comedy writers hunting for a cheap film that looked expensive when John pitched a fake documentary about a serial killer's home movies; Drew told him to drop everything and raised the money, and the whole thing was shot six months later.
- To play the captive Cheryl Dempsey, Stacy Chbosky prepared by studying the real Philadelphia killer and serial rapist Gary M. Heidnik, who held women prisoner in his house.
