The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

Released: 2007-04-27 Duration: 1hr 21min

Genres: Horror Mystery Crime Thriller

Rating 6.6

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The Terror is Real

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Brothers Dowdle Productions

Poughkeepsie Films

Orion Pictures

Additional Info

Budget	$0.00
Revenue	$0.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	3.0445

Directed By

John Erick Dowdle

Crew

Writer
John Erick Dowdle

Director
John Erick Dowdle

Story
Drew Dowdle

Original Music Composer
Keefus Ciancia

Colorist
Chris Jacobson

Story
John Erick Dowdle

Additional Camera
Jason Hanson

Associate Producer
Denis Dowdle

Associate Producer
Michael Dowdle

Unit Production Manager
Matthew Struski

Costume Design
Annie Bloom

Location Manager
Cassandra Heredia

Wardrobe Assistant
Anarsha Benjamin

Property Master
Meredith Riley

Production Assistant
Gabriel Copeland

Production Sound Mixer
Sara Glazer

Associate Producer
Stacy Chbosky

Line Producer
Drew Dowdle

Art Direction
Drew Gormley

Makeup & Hair
Steve Costanza

Assistant Property Master
Kim Hogue

Associate Producer
Bill Sharpe III

Swing
Nikolai Lovelki

Production Assistant
Bri Hervey

Wardrobe Assistant
Lynette Heater

Production Assistant
Carli Jo Bidlingmaler

Wardrobe Assistant
Breanna Prince

Wardrobe Assistant
Rebecca Keeling

Production Assistant
Buzz Hughes

Swing
Fernando Gomez

Online Editor
Paul Rehder

Graphic Designer
Otto Arsenault

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John A. Dowdle

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Richard Dowdle

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Brandon Proctor

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Michael Klump

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Hilary Santoni

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Ashley Berns

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Rob Reich

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Robert Hobert

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Steve Miles

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Denis Dowdle

Online Editor
Philip Beckner

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Lori Ekstrom

Sound Mixer
John Hicks

Sound Engineer
Kevin Thompson

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David Santoni

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Tom Gilbert

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Jill Becker

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T. Jay Salmen

Online Editor
Matt Blackshear

Sound Engineer
Anthony Krajchir

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Ward Barnett

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Shannon Dowdle

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Steve Beck

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Merry Beck

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William Sollee

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Tom Kane

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Jade Vincent

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Tony Sereno

Gaffer
Philip Eastvold

Grip
John Ewing

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Scott Nabat

Art Direction
Kathryn Evans

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Anne Dowdle

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Judith Lindquist

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Rick Becker

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Lars Ekstrom

Grip
Nathan Morgan

Post Production Assistant
Megan Strulowitz

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Beth Miles

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David Kwok

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Shea Kammer

Craft Service
Matthew Daniel

Property Master
Laura Barker

Lead Animator
Kelly McNutt

Legal Services
Wayne Kazan

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James Frommelt

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Bill Sharpe III

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Stuart Manashil

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Eric Collins

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Stephanie Rozman

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Cody Zwieg

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Noah Rosen

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Jeremy Coon

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Chris Barnett

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Kathleen Collins

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Bob Finn

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Mary Dowdle

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Brad Neuhoff

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Chip Chapin

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Lynn Froysa

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Stephen Lewinstein

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Spencer Baumgarten

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Chris Hewitt

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Ross Guidici

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Weston Marsh

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Chris Berg

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Jeff Gorin

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Josh Lowden

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Diana Lowinstein

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Julie Frommelt

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Kevin Callaghan

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Julie Callaghan

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Thomas Wirtz

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Robbie Thompson

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James Kadanoff

Editor
John Erick Dowdle

Editor
Elliot Greenberg

Director of Photography
Shawn Dufraine

Producer
Drew Dowdle

Production Design
Alethea Root

Associate Producer
Mitchel Dumlao

Executive Producer
Patrick Lussier

Stunt Coordinator
Sean Kinney

Executive Producer
Ward Barnett

Executive Producer
Drew Dowdle

Boom Operator
Brendan Pollitz

Associate Producer
George M. Kostuch

Electrician
Nickolaus Swedlund

Foley Artist
Jana Vance

Set Dresser
Nikolai Loveikis

Set Dresser
Ryanah Peterson

Production Assistant
Joey Presley

Production Sound Mixer
Marcus Ricaud

Gaffer
Justin Duval

Key Set Production Assistant
Gabriel Copeland

Sound Recordist
Ronald G. Roumas

Production Assistant
Brett Haley

Electrician
Philip Eastvold

Best Boy Electric
Owen Foye

First Assistant Camera
Don Presley

Key Makeup Artist
Steve Costanza

Music Supervisor
Rudy Chung

Assistant Makeup Artist
Shauneen Saebsar

First Assistant Director
Adam Lawson

Props
Michael Monahan

Production Coordinator
Lauren Wagner

Executive Producer
Stephen Chbosky

Executive Producer
Michael Zoumas

Assistant Makeup Artist
Bria Dorsen

Animation
Kelly McNutt

Script Supervisor
Erin Tambellini

Makeup Artist
Yvonne Wang

Second Assistant Director
Dustin Cole Blackburn

Leadman
S. Todd Whitaker

Foley Mixer
Frank Rinella

Electrician
Ryan Cochran

Second Assistant Camera
Kristen Eccker

Additional Casting
Dustin Cole Blackburn

Second Assistant Camera
Patrick McGraw

Assistant Editor
Devin C. Lussier

Property Master
Meredith Riley Worden

Supervising Sound Editor
Brandon Proctor

Animation Supervisor
Eddie Ulrich

TOP CAST

Stacy Chbosky

Cheryl Dempsey

Ben Messmer

Edward 'Ed' Carver

Lou George

Felton Lewis

Ivar Brogger

Leonard Schway

Michael Lawson

Simon Alray

Amy Lyndon

Alice Endrisart

Ron Harper

Mike Moakes

Samantha Robson

Samantha Baker

Kim Kenny

Pam Frears

Beth Tapper

Karen Tyler

Iris Bahr

Aretha Creely

Scott Beehner

Jason Ribling

Linda Bisesti

Sandra Willets

Lisa Black

Victoria Dempsey

Marissa N. Blanchard

Cindy Jenner

Oto Brezina

Arnold Montufar

Jules Bruff

Blinker / Joanne Blackwell

Todd Cahoon

Ted Bundy

Blaire Chandler

Cynthia Gorman

Larry Clarke

Edgar Cummings

Donna Cooper

Prostitute 2 / Justine Dunbar

Bruce Cronander

Harvey Scroggs

Meredith Cross

Jeanette Anderson

Henry Dittman

Frank Anderson

Dennis Garber

Joseph Danvers

Chip Godwin

Hank Foley

David Haack

Tim Surrey

Keisuke Hoashi

Dai Loung

Sean Huze

Hector Gomez

Michael Hyland

Profiling Student 1 / Kevin Chandler

Ceciley Jenkins

Traci Looner / Kelly Garner

Zale Kessler

Frederick Miller

Morgan Lariah

Profiling Student 2 / Grace Bradshaw

Bobbi Sue Luther

Josephine

Sierra Marcoux

Jennifer Gorman

James Mathers

Bernard Golinko

James McCarthy

Ethan Steyermark

Philip Newby

Irwin Griffard

Bruno Oliver

Joel Gorman

Steven M. Porter

Albert Cromley

Adrian Roberts

Warden / Daniel Harding

Heather Snell

Jennifer Henshaw

Naveen

Dr. Arjay Vintopeej

Kelli Bielema

Jane Gerber

Bill Bookston

James Foley

Paul Buxton

Walter Kunkler

Bobby Eskandari

Dr. Farhad Mansourian

Jennifer Griswold

Tom Hauser

Leah McLean

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