Heard about this movie and was surprised to see it on my streaming service, decided to see what the fuss was about.
The movie was decent, for its originality and story focus (as opposed to the generic, slasher flick). I didn't find it as horrendous to watch as it was made out to be, and that was mostly due to what I'm about to mention...
The film was grossly let down by the over the top VFX. It made this very painful to watch. Old VHS tapes just do not look that bad, and it was a constantly annoying over the top attempt at selling the idea. It pulled me right out of the movie and killed the realism it was so desperately trying to sell.
It's just like, we get it, these are the killer's self shot tapes. Get over the VFX!
Also the early "news" segments were presented in the same manner as the later, even though they were supposed to be decades apart. Same camera quality, same graphic treatment, this was a pretty big oversight.
I guess the VFX team were too busy overdoing the tapes effects to notice!
That said, kudos for doing something different.
Review of The Poughkeepsie Tapes
