The Tapes
The Tapes
| 23 September 2011 (USA)
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Fame-hungry Gemma asks her boyfriend Danny and his media student mate Nathan to film her Big Brother audition. They hear about a sex party and change course, but soon wish they hadn't as the party goers turn out to be devil worshippers.

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Taha Avalos

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Lachlan Coulson

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

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Gary

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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Phillipa

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

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vengeance20

I'd say this was a pretty good film to be honest, not the best of course but good overall. Funny/annoying at the start & grim/scary at the end as to what happens to them! It brings a good build up as to what happens to them.The only thing that I didn't like was when they said it was real & several things didn't add up which contradicted this line totally. Such as follows:If this was real there wouldn't be any footage at all. The worshippers would have taken the footage with them so no evidence wasn't left behind & when the said "The Brotherhood have yet to be traced" how can this make any sense when finger prints could be found on the cameras of the so called footage which they the so carelessly left behind? It don't add up!!!"The parents have given their consent to show you what happen" Now we all know if your son/daughter was killed & brutally slaughtered in the footage (even if it was off screen) then you wouldn't want anybody else to see! Nor would you want it to be on DVD for peoples enjoyment as they wouldn't allow it.Lastly why would they have actors names at the top if it were real! They wouldn't give their names away either! So it's all made out to be real.It was good but thew whole "this is real" just contradicted the whole film!

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the_wolf_imdb

All right, it goes like this: Three totally annoying idiotic British characters walk around thinking they are so cool and great. They have absolutely no respect to anyone, no survival skills, not even basic reasoning. They have only their Puma bags, glittering dresses, super big egos, they want "to be famous, to be rich, to kick some ass". So they have decided to put themselves in the middle of the trouble just for fun and that's all.I have felt some sympathy to the heroes of the most "found footage" movies, but this trio of imbeciles is just annoying. They can not even shut up or switch off their phones. I have wished so hard that someone finally puts them out of their misery! They have just asked for that. They have just asked for that.This is not a horror movie. This is God's punishment for their arrogance and stupidity. It is almost painful to watch the "fun and cool actions" of "the heroes" for the most of the movie but they finally get what they have asked for. So basically the movie ends well.The movie is not that bad but the characters are really super-annoying.

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sarahfirman

I quite like the found footage sub-genre, and I like Britissh horror generally, so this held some promise for me. What a let down. Unfortnunately, the film simply fails on most levels. I've seen my share of bad horror (in fact I've seen three other terrible horror films this evening), but rarely have I seen a film that sets out with clear, easily attainable objectives and yet manages to miss every mark. Firstly, that pacing is flawed. I see what they were going for. I'm all for building character, having 'nothing happen' so that when something happens it is creepy and impactful. However, not only is there no ominous atmosphere, there is little in the way of characterisation. The protagonists we an amalgam of stereotyped traits: clearly the screenwriter saw some of Noel Clarke's films and added as many slang terms as they could in order to make the "kids" seem "real": the result is as stilted and distancing as it sounds. Part of the problem is that the actors themselves either didn't believe in the material (who could blame them) or are just not very good. Wooden, unconvincing and entirely lacking chemistry. Regardless of how one feels about Blair Witch, one of the the reasons that film became so iconic was because the actors did a great job. The context (three actors, two camcorders, no special effects, natural light/sound) means all that is left is the interactions - without actors that can carry the material, the film is doomed from the outset. The director's misunderstanding of the material and context is underscored by the "subliminal" foreshadowing insert shots throughout: these are badly edited, being on screen for the wrong amount of time - like a joke, timing is everything in these cases. Shorter or longer would have worked better, but the length and frequency renders them ineffective. Moreover, it would work if they were naturalised by the camcorder context, but the filmmakers fail to integrate them into the 'found footage' in a naturalistic way (say what you will about August Underground, but that form of editing is something Vogel manages to to extremely well). All in all, considering the film is constituted by a bunch of clichés, i am shocked that it didn't manage to be effective at some point or other, but somehow it did. My advice is to avoid this, and watch just about anything else instead

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andycamacho100

Well what can I say i'm one of those hardcore found-footage hounds and I wanna devote my time in reviewing films when I go to college.Let's start by having our three main protagonists of the movie: Nathan, his girlfriend Gemma, and his best friend Danny. They all wanna have a good time and they've told that in some area there's a local swingers party (kinki). For being so ignorant the three trespass and what though was to be a swingers party is a night of survival for three as they try to escape the grasp of a satanic cult known as Beelsebub. And they're all sacrificed as a blessing to Satan.My god the movie was good. But the majority of the play length is filled with long dialog but they somehow saved up the scary and intense parts for like the last 20 to 30 minutes of the movie.The atmosphere was really so awesome and the tension is really high. Some random pop ups but its effective. The auditory apartment fits in perfectly with the characters. The acting and the scenes are good not perfect but its fine.Overall, great film but if you're a found footage fan and want to be scared all night, then by any chance don't watch this unless you want to see something else before any new found footage horror film comes out.

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