The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

Director
John Erick Dowdle

Main cast
Stacy Chbosky; Ben Messmer; Ivar Brogger; Samantha Robson; Beth Tapper

Genres
Horror, Thriller

Description
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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