Cropsey

2009
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1h 24min

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6.3/10

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Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true; two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances. |

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Al darse cuenta de que la leyenda urbana de su juventud se ha hecho realidad, dos cineastas se sumergen en el misterio que rodea a cinco niños desaparecidos y al coco de carne y hueso vincul... Leer todoAl darse cuenta de que la leyenda urbana de su juventud se ha hecho realidad, dos cineastas se sumergen en el misterio que rodea a cinco niños desaparecidos y al coco de carne y hueso vinculado a sus desapariciones.Al darse cuenta de que la leyenda urbana de su juventud se ha hecho realidad, dos cineastas se sumergen en el misterio que rodea a cinco niños desaparecidos y al coco de carne y hueso vinculado a sus desapariciones.

Dirección
- Barbara Brancaccio
- Joshua Zeman
Guionista
- Joshua Zeman
Elenco

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CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb

6.3/10

9.6 k

TU CALIFICACIÓN

Dirección
- Barbara Brancaccio
- Joshua Zeman
Guionista
- Joshua Zeman
Elenco

Ver la información de producción en IMDbPro

Premios
- 1 premio ganado y 1 nominación en total

Trivia
Was awarded Hammer to Nail's Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at 2009's Tribeca Film Festival.

Citas
Joshua Zeman: Growing up on Staten Island, Barb and I had often heard the legend of Cropsey. For the kids in our neighborhood, Cropsey was an escaped mental patient who lived in the tunnels beneath the old Willowbrook mental institution, who would come out late at night, snatch children off the streets. Although we didn't know each other as children, Barb and I had both shared versions of the Cropsey legend, as it filtered through our separate neighborhoods, and seeped into our collective fears. Sometimes Cropsey had a hook for a hand, other times he wielded a bloody axe, but it didn't matter, Cropsey *was* out there lurking in the shadows, waiting to get us.

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Features Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace (1972)

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Legendary Reality...

CROPSEY is a documentary about the disappearances / murders of five male and female youths, of varying ages. All five vanished on Staten Island, NY in the 1970's-80s. All were developmentally disabled. Several avenues of investigation are followed, including a disturbing connection to the infamous Willow Brook Institution -a horror story in itself!- and the labyrinthine tunnels beneath its vast acreage.

CROPSEY himself is part real, and part urban legend, in that the original killer has become a larger than life boogeyman. Through interviews and archival news footage, the filmmakers present the facts, as well as some of the theories the public latched onto in order to make sense of the case. Not-so-shockingly, Satanism was suspected!

As a side note, the origin of the name CROPSEY is never explained. Personally, I've only ever heard the name used in the movie THE BURNING, about a vengeful, teen-murdering camp caretaker. The usage here is interesting indeed...