In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?
Direction
Irene Taylor treats children as complex subjects, not monsters
Editing
Jarring cuts between innocence and police interrogation footage
Production
Haunting Slenderman imagery that mirrors the girls' fractured reality
Director
Irene Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Slenderman meme originated on a 2009 Something Awful forum thread; by 2014 it had spawned video games, YouTube series, and this attempted murder.
The case sparked national panic about 'digital parenting' and led to multiple copycat incidents, including a 2014 Ohio stabbing and a 2015 Florida attack.
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