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Beware the Slenderman






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Beware the Slenderman
Television release poster
Directed byIrene Taylor Brodsky
Produced bySophie Harris
Irene Taylor Brodsky
CinematographyNick Midwig
Edited byGladys Mae Murphy
Music byBenoît Charest

Production
company

HBO Documentary Films

Distributed byHBO
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution

Release dates

  • March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11) (South by Southwest)
  • January 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)
  • Running time

    117 minutes
    CountryUnited States
    LanguageEnglish

    Beware the Slenderman (stylized as _beware the slenderman) is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky about the Slender Man stabbing.[1] It premiered at South by Southwest in March 2016 and was broadcast on HBO on January 23, 2017.[2][3]

    Synopsis[edit]

    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. It also makes use of footage from the games Slender: The Eight Pages and Minecraft.

    Reception[edit]

    Beware the Slenderman received mixed reviews. The film received a 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes [clarification needed].[4] Metacritic rated the film as "generally favorable" with a critic score of 78 [clarification needed][5]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Harvey, Dennis (2016-05-27). "Film Review: 'Beware the Slenderman'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  • ^ DePaoli, Tommy (2016-03-07). "Slenderman Is Coming to HBO In A True-Crime Documentary". Movie Pilot. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  • ^ Murphy, Samantha (2016-03-12). "HBO's 'Beware the Slenderman' is your next 'Making a Murderer' obsession". Mashable. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  • ^ "Beware the Slenderman | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  • ^ "Beware The Slenderman". Metacritic. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
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