The Poughkeepsie Tapes, a 2007 horror film that was re-released a decade later in 2017, sure looks like a legitimate documentary at first glance. …
The Poughkeepsie Tapes, a 2007 horror film that was re-released a decade later in 2017, sure looks like a legitimate documentary at first glance. There are interviews with experts, testimony from a victim, and clips from news broadcasts. It sets out to tell the story of James Foley, “the Water Street Butcher,” who went on a killing spree in upstate New York. But did it all happen? And is The Poughkeepsie Tapes actually real? Here’s what we know: 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.