So intoxicating is this legend, that some even followed the stories to violence. There is not a definitive or canonized belief system pertaining to Slender Man. His image and belief set that is attached to him changes according to the particular person engaged in the story.
However, he is typically depicted as a tall, thin man who wears a black suit. He has long, spindly arms, sometimes multiple, like a spider. Depending on the interpretation, he can cause a variety of symptoms such as memory loss, insomnia, paranoia, distortions of the mind, and incidences of teleportation Kim, In other interpretations, he is seen as a vicious killer who feeds on young children Brodskey, Information regarding the actual legend of Slender Man can be found through a variety of means.
From there, the image inspired writers and film makers to create their own similar interpretations. Stories and. These sources offer artists own personal depictions of the Slender Man legend. They are presented as true, and made to seem authentic or realistic. Videos shot with phones or low grade cameras allow footage to appear realistic, and actor commentary adds to the authenticity Brodskey, Between and , there were countless stories and videos circulating the internet focusing on Slender Man Kim, Over the last few years, the popularity of the legend has tapered off, though there are still some blogs and video games dedicated to the character Kim, While there is countless information devoted to this character online, belief in Him is undoubtedly extraordinary.
Slender Man is a being that is not founded in scientific fact, nor is he substantiated by any actual evidence. He was merely created, and believed. For the believers of the Slender Man legend, evidence may seem to abound. The believers of Slender Man are young, impressionable, and vulnerable.
Mainly, they are middle school aged children who have alone time on their internet devices. Children are impressionable, especially those who are lonely or suffer from a broken family or bullying. Often times, children in these situations feel ostracized, or as if they are outsiders from their communities.
In these circumstances, a powerful image, whether He is seen as insidious or dangerous, can be comforting. A sense of belonging is not to be underestimated.
In this way, Slender Man can seem very real to a child Brodskey, On the other hand, there is no substantiated evidence to support the actual existence of Slender Man. While one can acknowledge the apparent attraction of his character, there is no. While videos and pictures may appear as evidence, experts can easily regard them as being Photoshopped. The character was invented in a Photoshop contest by Eric Knudsen, aka Victor Surge, and crowdsourced stories and viral videos hunting for Slender Man have made up the lore.
In "Slender Man," we don't know anything about him, or what to fear, and the film doesn't fill that in. All we know is he likes lurking in the woods and strangling young girls with his long, treelike fingers — and yet somehow he also has the ability to FaceTime menacingly.
Birke's script is plainly straightforward, a simple supernatural chase story. It doesn't plumb the depths of what might make Slender Man scary, so "Slender Man" isn't scary at all. There's no tension and no suspense, because even when the girls are panicked and screaming as Slender Man attacks them in their imaginations, we're constantly yanked back to a fairly normal reality.
What's truly terrifying and what "Beware the Slenderman" deftly illustrates is the vulnerability of young susceptible minds exposed to all manner of folklore and fake news online, how suggestion can inspire outlandish fantasies and even violent action.
The Slenderman is really cool. There's just something neat about monsters who dress nicely:. The Gentlemen on the classic Buffy episode "Hush" weren't just the coolest monsters of the week that show has maybe ever had, they were genuinely scary in a way that Buffy rarely was.
Their look—bald head, black suits—channels many of Slenderman's attributes. There's something unnerving about when evil shows up in evening wear. Then there's "Marble Hornets. As fun as it is to check out spooky photoshopped images, it is infinitely spookier to watch an entire "found" documentary featuring Slendy himself. It's the silence that does it for me—I first watched this in the dark, wearing headphones, until I realized "What the hell am I doing??
The silence matches perfectly with Slenderman's defining attribute—he has no face. And that, I believe, is the single scariest thing about him. Not his oblong proportions, or propensity for turning up in the margins of your family portraits. It's the fact that he has no face. He is unknowable, and therefore there is no pleading with him, no bargaining.
He is here for you, and that's all there is to it. Not only is it easy to fear the Slenderman, it's easy to make him—photoshopping or drawing a guy with no face is a piece of cake, relatively speaking, and so images of Slenderman are much more consistently scary than many other characters. I've played through Slender which now goes under the full name Slender: The Eight Pages a few times now, and I'm fascinated by how it manages to be so effectively scary. Plus, the titular character is only seen in quick cuts, leaving an aura of wondering in every frame.
And while this film is only rated PG, often an indication that the movie might skimp on the scares, audiences can look again to the real-world ties in order to assess if Slender Man is worth a watch.
After the myth behind Slender Man gained cultural awareness, it was revealed as the rationale behind a stabbing committed by two year-old girls in The victim, also 12, luckily survived, and the perpetrator was declared mentally ill , but the character's disturbing impact on a sliver of society was made clear.
And while the real-life tragedy behind it has the potential to make the film even scarier, it's also been the cause for some debate about whether a fictionalization of the Slender Man character should even exist.
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