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Feb 9, 2024 · Structured by the disturbing, low-quality camcorder vignettes that are inserted throughout the eighty-six-minute runtime, John Erick Dowdle’s pseudo-documentary is centred around an ultra-prolific yet strangely enigmatic serial killer that has haunted the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, and its surrounding areas for decades.
It's difficult to pinpoint the main problem with The Poughkeepsie Tapes. The first thing that comes to mind is the awful acting by the guy playing the killer (Ben Messmer). I'm not sure if anyone could have done much with the seventh-grader's vision of a serial killer presented by John Erick Dowdle, complete with plague doctor mask.
Apr 12, 2023 · “I had absorbed the national narrative that had been given after the original event … When you actually learn the names and faces of the people inside the co...
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Aug 20, 2014 · John Erick Dowdle directs this Paris-set chiller, starring Perdita Weeks and Ben Feldman. “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,” is the inscription uncovered by a gang of 20-something treasure ...
Aug 27, 2015 · By Tim Lammers Considering they all hail from Minnesota, there’s no escaping the comparisons of filmmaking brothers John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle to Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. The distinct similarities hardly bother the Twin Cities born-and-bred siblings, though. In fact, they fully embrace it. A…
Sep 17, 2010 · Devil: Directed by John Erick Dowdle. With Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Bojana Novakovic. A group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them.
Aug 29, 2015 · Director John Erick Dowdle, who co-wrote the script with his brother Drew Dowdle, clearly knows how to handle action. Unfortunately, there’s little else to back it up. The film makes no attempt ...
