Review of The Dark Tapes (2017) by Jean-Paul F — 06 May 2017

Awful, awful acting. Some interesting ideas but the incredibly bad acting ruins it.

This review of The Dark Tapes (2017) was written by Jean-Paul F on 06 May 2017.

The Dark Tapes has generally received mixed reviews.

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