SELECTED PRESS
The New York Times
“An atmospheric blend of archival news film (ghoulishly fascinating), homey interviews (moving and sometimes baffling) and amateur sleuthing (cheerfully random), CROPSEY shines an uncomfortable light on the way we reason.”
– Jeanette Catsoulis
http://www.nytimes.com
The New York Times
“[Cropsey] is the cinematic version of peeking under the bed and not breathing a sigh of relief.”
– John Anderson
http://www.nytimes.com
Wall Street Journal
“…decidedly creepy — evocative of 1970’s drive-in movie shockers.”
– Steve Dollar
http://wsj.com
New York Magazine
Critic’s Pick 3
“Beyond disturbing.”
http://nymag.com
Time Out New York
“…comes on like a true crime caper.”
http://newyork.timeout.com
New York Post
“A real-life horror story that puts most Hollywood movies to shame.”
– Lou Lumenick
http://www.nypost.com
Daily News
“Disturbing and flavorful, with a real sense of atmosphere.”
– Elizabeth Weitzman and Joe Neumaier
http://www.nydailynews.com
AV Club
“Expertly paced and assembled, CROPSEY continues a welcome trend toward docs with strong, surprising narratives. (b+)”
http://www.avclub.com
Filmmaker Magazine
“Part personal history remembrance, part time capsule of a place, part true crime thriller, Cropsey is an absorbing and terrifying piece of filmmaking.”
– Brandon Harris
http://filmmakermagazine.com
The New Yorker
“The filmmakers tell {the story} with wit, verve, and compassion.”
– Richard Brody
http://www.newyorker.com
Film Forward
“Smart. Absorbing.”
– Kent Turner
http://www.film-forward.com
NPR
“A Town’s Worst Nightmares, In The Flesh”
– Bob Mondello, National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org
Gothamist
Joshua Zeman, Writer-Director of Cropsey
http://www.gothamist.com
Daily Variety
“Intelligent, profound and unsettling…auds will walk out of their theaters, get in their cars and check on their kids, not necessarily in that order.”
– John Anderson
http://variety.com
Paper Magazine Tribeca FF Pick
“An intriguing, creepy documentary.”
-Denis Dermody
http://papermag.com
Huffington Post
“The strength of any documentary is directly proportional to how many good scene it has, and CROPSEY is a great documentary.”
– Fritz Godard
http://huffingtonpost.com
Chicago Sun Times
“A chilling horror documentary”
- Roger Ebert
http://suntimes.com
Ain’t It Cool News
“An excellent true-crime doc that actually managed to scare me one or two times. This is one great little movie.”
– Capone
http://aintitcool.com
Fangoria
“CROPSEY can be seen as BLAIR WITCH PROJECT by way of ZODIAC and CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS.”
-Samuel Zimmerman
http://fangoria.com