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The Tapes
Movie Poster
Directed byLee Alliston
Scott Bates
Written byScott Bates
StarringJason Maza
Mark Dusty Miller
Lee Alliston
CinematographyRichard Mahoney
Production
companies
Darkside Pictures
Pure Film Productions
Distributed byExile Media Group
Release date
  • 23 September 2011 (2011-09-23)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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.