Beware the Slenderman (2016)
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Directors
Irene Taylor Brodsky
The story
Beware the Slenderman discusses the incident in which two girls attempted to murder one of their friends in an attempt to appease Slender Man, a fictional monster who originated from an Internet phenomenon called "creepypasta". The documentary was shot over eighteen months and contains interviews with the families of the two would-be murderers. The film makes use of various YouTube videos to do with Slender Man, in particular footage from Marble Hornets and Tribe Twelve.
Genres
Documentation, crime film, documentary film
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