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Cropsey is a 2009 American documentary film written and directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio. The film initially begins as an examination of "Cropsey", a boogeyman -like figure from New York City urban legend , before segueing into the story of Andre Rand , a convicted child kidnapper from Staten Island whose known or suspected ...
Apr 25, 2009 · With Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio, Bill Ellis, Dorothy D'Eletto. Realizing that 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.
Apr 24, 2009 · Watch Cropsey (2009) online. Filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio examine the origins of an urban legend about an elusive bogeyman-type figure well-known in their hometown of Staten Island.
Riveting and bone-chillingly creepy, Cropsey manages to be one of the best documentaries and one of the best horror movies of the year. Read Critics Reviews
Jul 28, 2010 · A documentary about Andre Rand, a worker at Willowbrook State School who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering children in the 1980s. The film explores the evidence, the rumors and the doubts surrounding his case.
Cropsey was supposedly an escaped patient who would come out late at night and snatch children off the streetssometimes with a hook for a hand, other times with a bloody ax. But in 1987, Jennifer Schweiger, a 13-year-old with Down syndrome, disappeared from their community.
Oct 22, 2014 · When Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio grew up they learnt that their Cropsey was in fact real. Or was he? Andre Rand was a convicted child kidnapper from Staten Island who is strongly suspected to have committed a number of child kidnappings and murders between 1972 and 1987.
