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Cropsey

The Truth is Terrifying.

2009 · 1h 24m · NOT RATED Crime, Documentary, Horror, Mystery
Directed by Joshua Zeman , Barbara Brancaccio

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Overview

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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90%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Cropsey is a creepy documentary with all the elements of a horror film about a demented serial killer, and an extra ingredient: This one is real.

Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com
Fresh

This disturbing true-crime documentary takes its name from a local bogeyman that video makers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio were warned about when they were growing up on Staten Island.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh

A documentary that delves into what happens when the ghost stories you told as kids, the stuff of urban legends, seem to come true.

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh

The story of the unsolved abductions and the man who might have become the scapegoat for a community is troubling enough. No big-screen trickery is required.

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Cropsey has all the trappings of a true-crime TV special, but with an undercurrent of cultural exposition that is intelligent, profound and unsettling.

John Anderson, Variety

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