Why Slender Man (2018) is an unnecessary and hurtful crap
Oh my. “Slender Man”. Directed by Sylvain White , who you may, or may not know for taking part in directing tv series as “The Mentalist” or “The Originals”. The script was written by David Brike who, judging by his work so far clearly specializes in writing horror/thriller pieces. You would think that it shouldn't be so bad, right? Well, wrong. Let’s start with a brief history on Slender Man himself. It’s a fictional internet myth. Created in 2009 by user Eric Knudsen for the competition on webpage SomethingAwful.com. The competition consisted of transforming in the graphic program photographs depicting everyday life in such a way that it would be disturbing. Eric uploaded a photography of children running with a tall, thin and pale apparition in the background. And a second one showing children playing on a playground. Here you can see Slender Man in the shadow of a tree. And this is how it started. Like an avalanche the character of Slender Man took over the cree...