The Tapes
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Directed by | Lee Alliston Scott Bates |
Written by | Scott Bates |
Starring | Jason Maza Mark Dusty Miller Lee Alliston |
Cinematography | Richard Mahoney |
Production companies | Darkside Pictures Pure Film Productions |
Distributed by | Exile Media Group |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £100,000 |
The Tapes is a 2011 horror film in the "found footage" filmmaking style. The film concerns three students who run afoul of devil worshipers.
Plot
The film concerns Danny and his girlfriend plus friends find out about a local swingers party in the area but instead find a cult who worships Satan. Contained in the film are subliminal messages that only the more discerning viewer will pick up. For instance, when Danny, Nathan and Gemma first enter the dilapidated farm, Nathan finds three tarot cards, the star, the fool and the magician. The film portrays a cult known as the brotherhood of Beelsebub, who appear at first to be rather eccentric villagers in the same vein as seen in the Wicker man.
Cast
- Jason Maza as Danny
- Mark Dusty Miller as Worshipper
- Lee Alliston as Farmer
- Mandy Lee Berger as The Barmaid
- Eddie Focarelli as Horse
- Eddie Folcarelli as Worshipper
- Jodie Mooney as Whistable Kid
- Nick Nevern as Danny's brother
- Arnold Oceng as Nathan
- Natasha Sparkes as Gemma
- Tom Waldron as Gemma's Dad
Critical Reception
The film was very heavily panned upon release. With a 0% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 3.2 on IMDb (which together give it an average score of 16.0), it is the worst reviewed major release British film of 2011.
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