Slender

Extreme let down of a film. I really liked the movie Always Watching (that was my first foray into the Slenderman character) and when I saw this pop up on iTunes New and Noteworthy section of horror movies I got giddy. The trailer looked good but I was not impressed. Whoever made the trailer should get all the income generated from viewers who download this thing. There are brief hints at Slenderman, but the movie is mostly low-budget filler (as earlier reported by other reviewers) and honestly, my favorite part was the beginning because the old dude at the bar was really funny. However, although I gave it an extra star for that, it is NOT why I watched/bought this movie! The filmmakers should go for a different genre because horror isn't their forte. The other 2 stars are for decent acting and a few mild moments which I was interested.

This has to be a joke. I mean, who seriously thought the quality of this movie even resembles that of a real, honest-to-goodness film? There is absolutely nothing redeemable about this movie, and aside from some of the acting, it offers nothing new, unique or interesting to the Slenderman mythos, or even the found-footage sub-genre as a whole. The cast is narcissistic and unlikable (3/4th's of the film is spend "getting to know" these jerks), and once things start to get mildly interesting, it falls flat like a full and soiled diaper. Once the credits started to roll, I wondered what I was doing wasting my time on this crap. From now on, if a movie does not have at least 10 reviews, I am not even going to bother watching it. It's bad enough that these untalented people released this festival of feces onto the world, but I'll be damned if I support it with my hard earned money.

To the people responsible; if you don't have the budget, the talent or the skill, just stop. You are only making yourselves look bad, and are making a mockery of the once respect craft known as film-making. Leave film-making to people who actually understand what it takes to make a compelling movie, as you have proved to lack any ability to do so. I will be looking for your names in any future film in order to avoid it like it is contagious. Simply tragic. F-

This is "found footage" only if all cell phones ceased to exist and the entire thing was filmed by a guy with Parkinson's who stole an old, broken betamax camera from his grandpa's attic. The video and sound quality are so bad they're distracting. It doesn't lend an air of realism to it... in fact it pulls you out of it as you struggle to figure out what you're seeing and hearing and you wonder why on earth the quality is so bad.

2 stars because they set out to make a movie and get it distributed, and by-gum they did it. Other than that, not really worth watching.

Watch the first minute for context then skip about 15 minutes and you'll have a better time. The ending could have easily been improved but oh well. The acting was fine, believable even. I don't think it deserves a score of 1, I've definitely seen worse films. 3.5 stars is about fair.

I can't believe this is what passes for horror nowadays. At least the tag line sounds about right. "Once you see this you can't unsee this"