Beware the Slenderman
2016 · Movie · 115 min · ★ 6.5 · 80% critics
A chilling true-crime documentary explores how an online urban legend and unsupervised internet exposure can collide with vulnerable young minds. As investigators, families, and experts try to make sense of a shocking attack involving middle-schoolers, the film raises uneasy questions about belief, responsibility, and what kids absorb from the darkest corners of the web.
Also known as _prenez garde au Slenderman! · Beware the Slender Man · _beware the slenderman
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-03-11
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (267 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a disturbing, discussion-starting true-crime story about internet myths and youth psychology; Not for you if you need a tight runtime or a victim-centered focus like some expect from McMillions.
Pros: fascinating real-life case; creepy internet folklore; gripping interview footage | Cons: runs a bit long; feels one-sided; limited victim perspective
Themes
- schizophrenia
- wisconsin
- bullying
- internet
- stabbing
- woman director
- meme
- slender man
- criminal trial
- creepypasta
- crime
Cast & crew
Morgan Geyser
as Self
Anissa Weier
as Self
Payton Leutner
as Self (archive footage)
- AG
Angie Geyser
as Self
- WW
William Weier
as Self
- MB
Michael O. Bohren
as Self
- MT
Michelle Trussoni
as Self
- KW
Kristi Weier
as Self
- TB
Trevor J. Blank
as Self
- BK
Brad Kim
as Self
Directed by Irene Taylor