Slender

After all the Sundance events and other independent films coming out of the state, this is a disappointing addition for the pile. I enjoyed the nostalgia of many familiar venues from when I resided in Utah for 10 years. That was about it. Snoozer, but kudos for getting a piece of my attention. So glad an actual Slender Man came out two years later, and definitely a worthy endeavor.

I can't believe this is what passes for horror nowadays. At least the tag line sounds about right. "Once you see this you can't unsee this"

While the movie itself couldn't use the likeness or even the actual look of the iconic creepypasta, the film itself was alright, nothing too good and somewhat breaking the rules of it's own idea being that of found footage, meaning the film constantly uses stuff other than just the main characters cameras such as a screen capture of a call with the main characters around the middle of the film. It tends to feel very fan film esq, in which case I'd have said watch many of the others that are online. While the film itself is free on YouTube via Popcornflix. I still have to respect the creators for at least trying to build a form of mystery, however the main characters aren't likable all too much and honestly make me root for this tall faceless monster to kill them already. The characters interactions do feel somewhat genuine at times however it doesn't save the film from coming off as very midrange YouTube production and the lack of Slender Man overall does hurt the film. Overall 5/10, for what it did, it did okay, but it could've been so much more.

Extreme let down of a film. I really liked the movie Always Watching (that was my first foray into the Slenderman character) and when I saw this pop up on iTunes New and Noteworthy section of horror movies I got giddy. The trailer looked good but I was not impressed. Whoever made the trailer should get all the income generated from viewers who download this thing. There are brief hints at Slenderman, but the movie is mostly low-budget filler (as earlier reported by other reviewers) and honestly, my favorite part was the beginning because the old dude at the bar was really funny. However, although I gave it an extra star for that, it is NOT why I watched/bought this movie! The filmmakers should go for a different genre because horror isn't their forte. The other 2 stars are for decent acting and a few mild moments which I was interested.

This has to be a joke. I mean, who seriously thought the quality of this movie even resembles that of a real, honest-to-goodness film? There is absolutely nothing redeemable about this movie, and aside from some of the acting, it offers nothing new, unique or interesting to the Slenderman mythos, or even the found-footage sub-genre as a whole. The cast is narcissistic and unlikable (3/4th's of the film is spend "getting to know" these jerks), and once things start to get mildly interesting, it falls flat like a full and soiled diaper. Once the credits started to roll, I wondered what I was doing wasting my time on this crap. From now on, if a movie does not have at least 10 reviews, I am not even going to bother watching it. It's bad enough that these untalented people released this festival of feces onto the world, but I'll be damned if I support it with my hard earned money.

To the people responsible; if you don't have the budget, the talent or the skill, just stop. You are only making yourselves look bad, and are making a mockery of the once respect craft known as film-making. Leave film-making to people who actually understand what it takes to make a compelling movie, as you have proved to lack any ability to do so. I will be looking for your names in any future film in order to avoid it like it is contagious. Simply tragic. F-