Rev13: Cropsey Review
It sounds clichéd, but when I became a mother I saw the world through different eyes - the eyes of a protector. Yes, I have been an older sister who has fought her brother's battles. Yes, I have stood up for injustice I've seen in the world. But there is nothing more powerful than the protectiveness a parent feels for their small, defenceless child.
On the surface, 'Cropsey' is an exploration of the mythology of the bogeyman: That faceless threat that parents and other children perpetuate to make kids fear the unknown. But the reality is that there ARE bogeymen (and women) out there that actually will hurt your kid if they get a chance.
This frightens me to the point of restricting my child's liberty. I take her to the park and see some of the people hanging out there, and I can't imagine a point in her life when I'm going to feel comfortable letting her be in the vicinity of those people without me there. One day I'm going to have to, I know. But right now, after seeing this film, it might be when she's about 35.
Cropsey is a New York legend that kids told around camp fires in New York state for years. After the gruesome discovery of murdered 12 year old Jennifer Schweiger in 1987, Staten Island is abuzz with reports of a real life Cropsey who preys on mentally challenged kids.
The prime suspect, Andre Rand, worked at Staten Island's infamous Willowbrook Mental Institution, a place exposed by a young Geraldo Rivera in 1972 for the degenerate treatment of it's young wards. The footage is truly terrifying.
Rand is then accused of abducting and murdering another four kids from around the area.
One of the things this film raised for me was: If my kid was abducted and murdered, how much evidence would I actually need to be sure they had the right guy? It probably wouldn't be much. And that's scary.
Cropsey screens again on Sunday at 1:30pm.
On the surface, 'Cropsey' is an exploration of the mythology of the bogeyman: That faceless threat that parents and other children perpetuate to make kids fear the unknown. But the reality is that there ARE bogeymen (and women) out there that actually will hurt your kid if they get a chance.
This frightens me to the point of restricting my child's liberty. I take her to the park and see some of the people hanging out there, and I can't imagine a point in her life when I'm going to feel comfortable letting her be in the vicinity of those people without me there. One day I'm going to have to, I know. But right now, after seeing this film, it might be when she's about 35.
Cropsey is a New York legend that kids told around camp fires in New York state for years. After the gruesome discovery of murdered 12 year old Jennifer Schweiger in 1987, Staten Island is abuzz with reports of a real life Cropsey who preys on mentally challenged kids.
The prime suspect, Andre Rand, worked at Staten Island's infamous Willowbrook Mental Institution, a place exposed by a young Geraldo Rivera in 1972 for the degenerate treatment of it's young wards. The footage is truly terrifying.
Rand is then accused of abducting and murdering another four kids from around the area.
One of the things this film raised for me was: If my kid was abducted and murdered, how much evidence would I actually need to be sure they had the right guy? It probably wouldn't be much. And that's scary.
Cropsey screens again on Sunday at 1:30pm.
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