Sadly, this hardly lasts a whole scene, and the spooky mood is soon gone.Ī major problem with the movie is that the plot twists simply don’t hold up. In two cases, the Slender Man appears in an understated way, without the girls noticing, harkening back to the best of classic spooky, supernatural horror movies. There are only two or three scenes that truly work, including one where a teenage boy is transformed from a lover into a predator. The video montages that are supposed to drive the girls insane are dull, and the dialogue is sometimes genuinely laughable. It’s the kind of film where the character hears a noise and says, “Hello?!” and there are at least seven jump-scares, one every few minutes. SLENDER MAN is not just derivative, but it stole the worst parts of the horror genre. The movie also contains elements of THE GRUDGE, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, the first two BLAIR WITCH movies, the 1992 version of DRACULA, and numerous other horror flicks that did the same thing this movie seeks to do, only better. The movie’s most entertaining part probably is counting the derivative elements from movies the filmmakers rip off, such as THE RING and THEY LIVE. Can the girls save her, or will the Slender Man reap all their souls? More people, including Hallie’s little sister Lizzie, get pulled into the circle. Soon, the Slender Man starts making himself appear, with distorted sound and the picture suddenly glitching like THE RING or THE GRUDGE, and every other example of this horror movie sub-genre. The girls dutifully walk into the dark, creepy woods alone, but they foolishly remove their blindfolds, even though they’ve been told that seeing Slender Man’s “face” will give him power over them. Wren (Joey King) says, “It’s like a computer virus, but instead of your hard drive he infects your head” and “it only ends in insanity or death.”Īn online contact named “AlleyKat93” tells them they must sacrifice something they love to Slender Man in order to get Katie back. When their friend, Katie, goes missing a week later during a school trip to a cemetery, they realize their slumber party prank has invaded their real lives.Īfter snooping around Katie’s laptop, they discover she’s been researching Slender Man and that there’s an entire subculture of people who post videos and talk about their experiences. . . The video is clearly a ripoff of THE RING’s video, complete with random “disturbing” images that deeply impact the girls (but not the viewer). SLENDER MAN starts off as four teenage girls (Wren, Hallie, Chloe, and Katie) decide to watch a video on an online forum that will supposedly summon the Slender Man, a mysterious and faceless figure who wreaks havoc in people’s lives. Most teenagers probably will be bored, and many adults will have seen it all before. The overall quality is like a cheap B-movie, but without any of the enjoyable campiness.
Poor character development, bad writing and corny special effects give the movie fewer chills than unintentional laughs. This movie was created to highlight an abhorrent, occult Internet meme that has resulted in the deaths of several young people, but mostly uses suspense and a spooky mood rather than violence or gore. As the girls begin disappearing, can the characters save their friends, and themselves, from the malevolent force? SLENDER MAN is a derivative, teenage-oriented horror movie about four teenage girls stalked by a dark, faceless figure after watching an online video. Therefore, MOVIEGUIDE® finds SLENDER MAN unacceptable but not totally evil. Though the characters eventually try to stop the villain, the movie’s ending just sets up viewers for a sequel. Finally, the movie is both derivative and dull, and the acting mostly uninspired. So, the movie’s worldview is replete with occult rituals to summon otherworldly beings. Aside from a few scenes with a church, a biblical quote from Jesus, and an image of the Virgin Mary, the imagery is dark and occult. The stilted dialogue and poor special effects make many scenes unintentionally funny. SLENDER MAN’s worldview and production value leave a lot to be desired. Can they stop Slender Man from killing them all?
As a result, more people are drawn into his net. They’re told they must sacrifice something meaningful to Slender Man, so he’ll leave them alone, but it fails. Soon, the girls begin going missing or seeing the CGI-generated figure everywhere they go. SLENDER MAN is about four teenage girls who are hunted by a faceless bio-electric monster after they watch an online video as a slumber party prank.
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