if cloverfield was the definitive monster movie of the newly emerging amateur video genre… the poughkeepsie tapes coming out sometime this year is trying to be that horror movie. or its marketing is struggling to make it that way.
for those of you who don’t remember my cloverfield post - shame on you - but i told you so. strange that simply one week after cloverfield opened… poughkeepsie tapes is now being slowly spattered onto the web.. the trailer, posters etc etc of a movie that actually premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
the movie in a nutshell (no spoilers) a bunch of VHS tapes are found (for some very odd reason the footage is film quality…) in an abandoned house and contains hours of a serial killer documenting his process/murders in the first person. i suppose it has been a while since the last time hollywood pumped out a torture porn..(Hostel, Saw, Captivity) never mind untraceable just came out didnt it..(at least diane lane is still hot)
i’ll buy the cloverfield concept of friends documenting a monster in NYC… but a serial killer who’s holding up a Handicam while chasing and killing his victims? c’mon. seriously? he can actually run down victims while staring at the 3 inch screen?! this guy shouldn’t be a serial killer.. he needs to be a cinematographer or at the very least a steadicam operator!
as you can see in the leaked poughkeepsie tapes poster above - the killer wears a very creepy mask - dont know why maybe out of camera shyness?
to lend credibility and add realism to the film, the film actually casted members of the poughkeepsie local news channel to broadcast some fake reports. i wonder how those anchors’ careers are now - like if they can bullshit for a torture porn horror movie - how easy is it for them to lie when they’re on air broadcasting ‘real’ news?
keep your eyes out on this one folks - and watch how this movie will undoubtedly tank despite entirely copying cloverfield in both concept and marketing.