Name: The Dark Tapes
Genre: Horror
Released: 2016-10-03T19:32:20-07:00
Rating: 90

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Movie Info

Ghosts, demons and other paranormal creatures invade the mortal world.

Genre:

sci-fi, horror
Original Language:

English
Director:

Vincent J. Guastini, Michael McQuown
Producer:

Vincent J. Guastini, Amon Zia Mahmud, Michael McQuown, Nicola Odeku
Writer:

Michael McQuown
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 18, 2017
Runtime:

1h 38m
Production Co:

Thunder Road Incorporated

Cast & Crew

Emilia Ares
Caitlin

David Banks
Sam

Jonathan Biver
Geoff

Sara Castro
Marie

Michael Cotter
Andrew

Denise Faro
The Italian

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Critic Reviews for The Dark Tapes

All Critics (10) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (1)

This movie isn't perfect, but I do think it's intelligent, creative, independent horror done well on a small budget.

November 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Michelle Swope
HorrorNews.net
The Dark Tapes, warts and all, is one of the better found footage movies as of late, running the gamut of horror, thriller, and science fiction with relative ease.

May 6, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

C.H. Newell
Father Son Holy Gore
Found-footage, by most accounts, is a novelty that has run its course, but The Dark Tapes offers a worthy return to found-footage films.

October 10, 2018 | Rating: 6.5/10 | Full Review…

Aaron Peterson
The Hollywood Outsider
Overall, The Dark Tapes is a colossal waste of time.

July 12, 2017 | Rating: 2/10 | Full Review…

Jonathan Edwards
Starburst
The Dark Tapes owes something to Cloverfield in style but the script here is tighter and more sinister. This is effective, mysterious, and vibey millennial horror.

May 5, 2017 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Bradley Gibson
Film Threat
McQuown is to be commended for willing to do something different with horror tropes that have become stale through constant repetition.

April 26, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Matthew Pejkovic
Matt's Movie Reviews
An exceptional and surreal horror anthology...

April 26, 2017 | Full Review…

Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
The Dark Tapes ends up doing more right than it does wrong ... you'll find some really cool creatures and a few truly frightening and original moments that will send more than just a chill down the old spine.

April 18, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton
Dread Central
The Dark Tapes is fun, scary and consistently tense - it knows exactly what kind of film it wants to be and isn't afraid to simply roll with it.

April 17, 2017 | Full Review…

Ryan Morris
Film Inquiry
Overall, this is considerably more successful in its thematic linkage than most of its ilk, and it' not hard to see why it has done well on the festival circuit.

April 13, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film