

Two bros with cameras vs. an internet demon. What could go wrong? (Everything. Everything goes wrong.)
Two filmmakers searching for the perfect documentary subject stumble across a story that even they don't want to believe.
Practical Effects
Slender Man suit looks like a Halloween store clearance find.
Production
Microbudget authenticity gives accidental charm.
Director
Joel Petrie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Slender Man originated on Something Awful forums in 2009; this 2016 indie hitched to the myth before the tragic 2014 Wisconsin stabbing made studios skittish about the character.
Director Joel Petrie plays himself, and his real wife Jyllian plays his on-screen wife — the uncomfortably authentic marital bickering? Method.