The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

The Poughkeepsie Tapes: Directed by John Erick Dowdle. With Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Samantha Robson, Ivar Brogger. In an abandoned house in Poughkeepsie, New York murder investigators uncover hundreds of tapes showing decades of a serial killer’s work.

“Although this in essence is a truly scary horror movie which will undoubtedly scare happy teens for years to come, the characters in it are sadly – despite very good acting skills on some parts – largely unrealistic in the way they are portrayed. It became a bit annoying in the end, because they were all acting in that particular way, indicating that this perhaps was just a directing mistake – or I speculate it could also be that it was done intentionally to u0026quot;take the edge offu0026quot; and make the movie a bit u0026quot;lessu0026quot; frightening actually (though unlikely).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy issue is that there is a bit u0026quot;too muchu0026quot; acting; people who have been involved in cases like these, be it up close or just a reporter, tend to speak about them in a detached, matter-of-fact way. This is both natural and helpful, and is probably a kind of defense-measure on part of the human psyche. The officers, forensic investigators, family and so on are often here showing the u0026quot;theatreu0026quot; syndrome, exaggerating both voices and body language.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMaybe Iu0026#39;m just boring, analytical and interested in details, but donu0026#39;t forget – every good police officer or forensic detective probably are as well :-Pu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you donu0026#39;t care or saw the movie and didnu0026#39;t notice anything unnatural, then good for you – you got your moneys worth :)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor a comparison in what I mean, take a look at *any* episode of *any* true crime investigation, e.g. Crime Investigation Australia.”