Film Review – The Poughkeepsie Tapes

“The Poughkeepsie Tapes” isn’t a new release. Produced in 2006 and slated for release in 2007, something went horribly wrong along the way, with the picture shelved for the next seven years. In the interim, siblings John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle managed to create a career without the use of their directorial calling card, helming 2008’s “Quarantine” and 2010’s “Devil” (a third film, “As Above, So Below,” is due out in a few weeks). While their subsequent efforts failed to impress, it’s interesting to finally see the origin of their fascination with the horror genre, with “The Poughkeepsie Tapes” a feature of pure shock value in line with similar attention-seeking debuts. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com