Slender Man
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'Slender Man' trailer brings the online meme to movie-screen life
The trailer gives only a few fleeting glimpses of the mythical boogeyman, but indicates that he will be lurking in the woods trying to get inside teens' heads.
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‘Beware the Slenderman’: Creepy True-Crime
Like so many internet memes, the Slenderman phenomenon is known by millions of people, while millions of others have no idea what it is. The victim, Payton “Bella” Leutner, was struck by a knife wielded by Morgan Geyser, after Anissa Weier urged Morgan to “go crazy.” Morgan and Anissa had fallen under the spell of an internet creation, the Slenderman, a tall ghostly figure who supposedly preys upon young girls and compels them to do bad things under the threat of death. The documentary does a
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How SyFy Farmed ‘Creepypasta’ for New Horror Series ‘Channel Zero’
SyFy just released a promo for Channel Zero, and if you’ve ever fallen down a “deep web” rabbit hole, the show might sound familiar. This first episode in SyFy’s new horror anthology series is Candle Cove, the story of a bizarre local kid’s show that may be connected to a string of disappearances in the 1980s. It’s based on the creepypasta story from Kris Straub that has been circulating the internet for years.
