We have a few characters who make an appearance and help move the story along, but then they drop off the face of the Earth and it’s over. The whole movie is full of moments like these.

There’s an easy diagnosis to this character’s problem: bad writing. However, as her friends continue to disappear while she personally witnesses the evil entity causing trouble all around her, she comes off as idiotic to just pretend it’s not happening. Midway through the film, as the Slender Man grows stronger and more entrenched in the lives of these girls, Hallie (played by Julia Goldani Telles) decides to just quit “this game” and pretend like nothing is happening.

While we have a decent antagonist and conflict, everything else from characterization to story arc falls flat. One particular issue with this film is the script. There’s nothing wrong with these ingredients for a horror film, but when you bring nothing new to the table, it just becomes another generic “horror” movie. We have a relatively young cast, a dark atmosphere, and a supernatural bad guy. I wouldn’t consider Slender Man a mess, but it’s most definitely a dud. Oh, and your friendly neighborhood Slender Man appears. When one of the girls disappears under mysterious circumstances, the remaining three are consumed by a supernatural nightmare of which none are likely to escape. After said video ends with a seizure-inducing strobe effect (replete with enough Illuminati symbols to give your QAnon junkies a run for the toilet tissue), spooky and nightmarish things begin to happen – fast moving clouds, full moons, and tolling bells. Screen Gems’ Slender Man follows four teenage girls who summon the dreaded Slender Man upon watching a cursed Internet video. Basically, it’s the boogeyman of the Internet and an interesting one at that – interesting enough to produce a crappy movie revolving around the same creature. It entails an octopus-man-thing in a business suit which stalks and either abducts his victims or drives them to insanity. Unfortunately, the 2018 production of Slender Man crumbled across the board, and it’s a shame because there was potential here.įor a little backstory, the Slender Man creepypasta originated on the Something Awful forums in 2009. You’d think that a creepypasta icon such as the Slender Man would make for a perfect antagonist in a horror movie. That about sums up the Slender Man movie. Open laptops, cellphones, dark forests, and nightmare scenes which happen while everyone is awake.

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