Are The Poughkeepsie Tapes real footage?

The Poughkeepsie Tapes is a 2007 American pseudo-documentary horror film written and directed by John Erick Dowdle. The film is about the murders of a serial killer in Poughkeepsie, New York, told through interviews and footage from a cache of the killer’s snuff films.

What are The Poughkeepsie Tapes based on?

A few months after the film’s release, a Syracuse based news outlet reported that Edward Carver in ‘The Poughkeepsie Tapes’ is based on a man named Kendall Francois, who murdered 8 to 10 sex workers in Poughkeepsie between 1996 and 1998.

Is The Poughkeepsie Tapes banned?

MGM Distribution Co. The Poughkeepsie Tapes is an American mockumentary-type horror film that was banned due to its graphic horror scene and similarities to snuff films. It was meant for release in 2008, however, the film was yanked out of cinemas with no real explanation as to why.

Why was the Poughkeepsie Tapes never released?

MGM was the primary distributor of The Poughkeepsie Tapes and the reason it was held from releasing for ten years. Once it was available for VOD, MGM pulled the movie with the intent of having a wide theatrical release but it ended up shelved for three more years without explanation.

Is the movie The Poughkeepsie Tapes about a serial killer?

The Poughkeepsie Tapes is a 2007 movie about a serial killer. “In 2001, police in Poughkeepsie, New York, made a shocking discovery — 10 bodies buried in the backyard of a residential house,” the film’s official description reads. “Astonishingly, that was only the beginning.

Why was the Poughkeepsie Tapes pulled from release?

Here’s why the horrors filmed in The Poughkeepsie Tapes were pulled from release for ten years. Dowdle is known for his impeccable found footage movies that include As Above, So Below and Quarantine.

Who is still alive from the Poughkeepsie Tapes?

Finally, the cops track the killer down, and on storming his house, are shocked to find one of his victims, Cheryl Dempsey, who was abducted as a teen 8 years earlier, still alive. The killer had kidnapped her after killing her boyfriend, and had subjected her to such horrifying torture that she had become deranged, and enjoyed harming herself.

Who was the first victim in the Poughkeepsie Tapes?

The first tape records the murder of his first victim, an eight-year-old girl who he abducts, rapes, and murders. After the success of his first crime, Carver becomes more meticulous. He convinces a couple, the Andersons, to give him a ride, before clubbing the man and subduing the woman with chloroform.