31 Day Horror Challenge Day Twenty Eight: Cropsey(2009)

Perhaps I should have just stuck with the one documentary this year.  Not that documentaries are bad but they rarely fit in with the horror genre.  This one definitely has horror elements but it’s much more of a true crime picture.  Either way, it is pretty good but at times very dull.

Two Staten Island natives delve into an urban legend they heard as kids about a man name Cropsey who would abduct and murder children.  Their search brings them to a string of murders of children with learning disabilities from the 1970’s and 1980’s.  It follows the trial of a man named Andre Rand who is the prime suspect in these killings.

There is plenty of real life horror out there and this portrays it well but I think it could have done a better job in that area.  There is far too much time spent on trial coverage rather than the actual story.  See for yourself!

7/10 stars.