FilmPG-13Supernatural Psychological Folk Horror

Slender Man2018

Name: Slender Man
Genre: Supernatural, Psychological, Folk Horror
Released: 2018-05-17
Rating: 3.2

“Can you see him?”

Directed by Sylvain White

3.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 3.3Rotten Tomatoes 8%Metacritic 30TMDB 4.3

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Year

2018

Runtime

93 min

Box Office

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$51,738,549

Domestic

$30,569,484

🏆 3 nominations total

The premise

In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of Slender Man. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, his latest victim.

Horror Vault's take

Four high school friends in small-town Massachusetts decide to challenge the mythology of Slender Man — a faceless internet legend — only to find themselves questioning their grip on reality when one of them vanishes without explanation. What begins as a dare spirals into genuine terror as the remaining girls become increasingly convinced something is hunting them. The film leans into creeping dread and distorted perception, drawing on the viral creepypasta origins of its iconic villain. Whether the threat is supernatural or psychological is a question that lingers long after the credits roll.

Content: Jump Scares, Disturbing Imagery, Themes Of Self-Harm, Missing Child, Psychological Distress