Cropsey - Trailer HD 2010

In theaters: June 4th, 2010

Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery behind five missing children and the real—life boogeyman linked to their disappearance in their hometown of Staten Island, New York. Growing up on Staten Island, filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio had often heard the legend of Cropsey. For the kids in their neighborhood, Cropsey was the escaped mental patient who lived in the old abandoned Willowbrook Mental Institution, who would come out late at night and snatch children off the streets. Sometimes Cropsey had a hook for a hand, other times he wielded a bloody axe, but it didnt matter, Cropsey was always out there, lurking in the shadows, waiting to get them. Later as teenagers, the filmmakers assumed Cropsey was just an urban legend: a cautionary tale used to keep them out of those abandoned buildings and stop them from doing all those things that teenagers like to do. That all changed in the summer of 1987 when a 13—year—old girl with Down syndrome, named Jennifer Schweiger, disappeared from their community. That was the summer all the kids from Staten Island discovered that their urban legend was real. Now as adults Joshua and Barbara have returned to Staten Island to create Cropsey, a feature documentary that delves into the mystery behind Jennifer and four additional missing children. The film also investigates Andre Rand, the real—life boogeyman linked to their disappearances. Embarking on a mysterious journey into the underbelly of their forgotten borough, these filmmakers uncover a reality that is more terrifying than any urban legend.

# Genre:Documentary
# Director:Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio
# Cast:Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio

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[NeoSamuraiHD]

I watched this yesterday, and found the willowbrook footqge to be some of the most disturbing footage I have ever seen. Those poor children. A good documentary but at times hard to watch

[anatoly86]

@akimbostorm I was a mental patient for years in mental state hospitals you really don't need to fear most of us are harmless to others

[PawPrint33]

i missed out on the movie...:( any way i can see it?

[painoftheheart12]

@anatoly86 Damn hollywood, huh?

[CropseyLegend]

Hey everyone thanks for watching our trailer! The movie has been on Netflix for a while now so you can watch it online! For more on Cropsey, follow us on Twitter @cropseylegend and Like us on Facebook!!

[Cotygeek]

@HeavenlyRealms0910 I gave it a watch a couple months ago. It was very much reality. The trailer tries to make it look more like it focuses on the urban legend as a whole, but it really just uses the urban legend as a springboard to talk about a particular case.

[JustAnotherGlitch]

@NeoSamuraiHD Where did you find it?

[HeavenlyRealms0910]

I am thinking about watching this; their have been many fake documentaries yet I have looked at this and their is reality to it. At the same time I don't think the film makers added the boogey man at the end. This will more than likely be creepy and also scary for parents who live in areas where stats for children be abducted have been high in the past or seem to be in the future. Peace youtube fiends.

[LastTree]

It's too bad that these buildings went to such disrepair. We used to do history tours of the Farm Colony back in the 80s.

[sticyfngaz]

I've been in and out, up and down, everyone of those buildings in the past decade. There is only one building there that was creepy, where something always happened. In the woods there is a paved road, and most buildings are connected to it. But to get to this one building you have to walk 20 feet through the woods, and then you come to a bridge that leads to the front door.