Comments on: Slashers and Urban Legends: Cropsey http://retroslashers.net/slashers-and-urban-legends-cropsey/ Unearthing Forgotten Horror Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:19:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Christophe Foster http://retroslashers.net/slashers-and-urban-legends-cropsey/#comment-3999 Christophe Foster Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:29:54 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=10426#comment-3999 Nice read, Thomas. The legend of Cropsey definitely had a nice run, and I hope there are similar slashers to come. I’m glad those involved in the production of “Madman” went the direction that they did, though, because I would hate to imagine Marz as anything other than he turned out to be.

And I second the “Friday the 13th” timeline! =)

]]> By: zmbdog http://retroslashers.net/slashers-and-urban-legends-cropsey/#comment-3998 zmbdog Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:38:17 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=10426#comment-3998 I always thought it was strange that The Burning didn’t get any credit for building a film around an old campfire story rather than just ripping off Friday the 13th. Sure it was made because of Friday’s success and went after the same audience but at least it’s not a carbon copy.

The Sleepaway Camp 2 comparison is a bit of a stretch though isn’t it Tom? The characters know and accept that Angela is a real person and that the Camp Arawak massacre actually happened. I think the makers just wanted to do a campfire scene. I’d say Jason is a better example since there are characters as late as part 8 who don’t believe he was ever real (wtf?). Wasn’t the grown Jason kinda based on Cropsy?

How about a Friday timeline? If you’re really brave you can try to explain how multiple killing sprees occur a few years apart from each other and yet some locals still believe they are “just stories”!

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