Cropsey

  • 2009


MOVIE IS terrific correspondingly dubious horrific
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$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 20
Average Rating 3.6/5
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4.5
Cropsey continues whats been a welcome trend this year toward documentaries with strong, surprising narratives. Av Club
3.5
Nothing is answered definitively here. But if theres a real Cropsey to be found, it may be Staten Island itself. Austin Chronicle
3.8
No, but that alone is not the best reason for locking someone away. Rogerebert
3.5
The fact that this is true a horror story makes Cropsey far more frightening than any slasher film. Cinema Blend
3.0
Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccios documentary about a New York urban legend apparently come to life is creepy and well researched, faltering only w .. Ny Daily News
4.0
This disturbing true crime documentary takes its name from a local bogeyman that video makers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio were warned about wh .. Chicago Reader
3.5
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t .. Pop Matters
2.5
That itself seems a dubious hook, and while the huge hearted filmmakers themselves surely didnt intend to, the metaphor unwittingly makes light of the .. Film Journal
4.4
Modern horror films rarely capture that pit of the stomach feeling the way this movie does. Boston
3.5
...theyve gone to great lengths to raise questions in the audiences mind about the case. The answers theyve found are questions, their conclusion, inc .. Npr
2.5
Yet Zemans portentous, trailer ready narration and the films correspondingly manipulative horror film aesthetics and fondness for creepy suggestions o .. Slant Magazine
2.5
Yet Zemans portentous, trailer ready narration and the films correspondingly manipulative horror film aesthetics and fondness for creepy suggestions o .. Slant Magazine
3.0
Photo Like the child killing clown in Stephen Kings It, the bogyman known as Cropsey was, to the children of Staten Island, a morphing symbol of evil. The New York Times
3.8
Although, at face value, the film might seem situated as some kind of horror film, it is most assuredly a documentary with horrific elements. Coles Mithey
3.5
... the stuff of horror films, and the way it folds back into the idea of how the Cropsey stories spread... thats the stuff that Cropsey does best. Hit Fix
4.0
This is terrific, unusual and locally produced family entertainment. Oregon Live
3.8
A documentary with the atmosphere and tone of a horror film, Cropsey will no doubt burrow its way under your skin as it explores fears both real and i .. Movies Tv Guide
3.8
On several levels, this film is a real life horror story that puts most Hollywood movies to shame. New York Post
3.1
The connection between the two is an admitted stretch, never quite gelling as it should since the Cropsey legend seems to be used as more of a gimmick .. Dustin Put Man
3.8
What works: Its riveting, spooky stuff, great Halloween season viewing. No La
2.5
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 re .. La Times
4.0
As a kid growing up on Staten Island in the late 1970s, Joshua Zeman often wandered through the woods in the center of the island. Wsj
3.0
It all ends up quite confused and, at its worst, weirdly exploitative, tempering its questions with a narrative that starts as leading, but ends in un .. Black Girl Nerds
3.5
Whether he is or not I dont know.But its lot easier to do it that way than to say you know what it might be someone on your block, or somebody you wor .. Kpbs
2.5
The degree of over identification that could prompt that sort of delusion is staggering, and its a suggestive riddle for Cropsey to raise, but the fil .. Nicks Flick Picks



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