Creepy Trailer for the Documentary CROPSY
When you think of a documentary you don't normally think of them as being creepy, but the trailer for this Cropsy documentary could end up sending chills down your spine.
The documentary was directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio who grew up hearing about the horrific Staten Island legend of Cropsey, a legend that actually turned out to be real. The doc involves the boogyman of Staten Island, missing children, and the real monster connected to their disappearances. Turns out the real story of what was going on was more terrifying than the urban legend they grew up hearing about.
Synopsis:
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 didn’t 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.
You can find out more about the story at the films Official Website. I love these kinds of documentaries that dive into the creepy and mysterious side of history and people. This is a film that I'm definitely interested in seeing. Check out the trailer for the movie below and let us know what ya think!