The gaming community is one of the most vocal niches of the internet, so it makes sense that when a certain online trend is born, gamers are usually the first to interact with it. That’s why nearly every internet legend has its own videogame adaptation, with developers taking inspiration from bizarre creepypastas like The Backrooms and Sirenhead years ahead of Hollywood studios and network television.
Of course, the most famous of these internet-derived horror experiences is likely Mark J. Hadley’s freeware hit, Slender: The Eight Pages, a title that took the indie gaming scene by storm back in 2012. Adapting Victor Surge’s faceless creation into a Found-Footage-inspired gauntlet of lo-fi hide-and-seek, this short but sweet romp through spooky woods became infamous once online influencers began to challenge each other to endure these scares in exaggerated Let’s Play videos. At one point, Slender’s official website even crashed due to excessive downloads,...
Of course, the most famous of these internet-derived horror experiences is likely Mark J. Hadley’s freeware hit, Slender: The Eight Pages, a title that took the indie gaming scene by storm back in 2012. Adapting Victor Surge’s faceless creation into a Found-Footage-inspired gauntlet of lo-fi hide-and-seek, this short but sweet romp through spooky woods became infamous once online influencers began to challenge each other to endure these scares in exaggerated Let’s Play videos. At one point, Slender’s official website even crashed due to excessive downloads,...
- 3/6/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Featuring the modern-day boogeyman for a generation of horror fans, Slender Man is coming home in time for Halloween, as the horror film based on the viral character created by Victor Surge has now been unleashed on digital platforms ahead of its Blu-ray and DVD release on October 30th via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. To celebrate today's digital release, we've been provided with an exclusive clip from the movie's featurette "Summoning Slender Man: Meet the Cast," which explores the tight-knit friendships from the film, both in front of and behind the camera.
You can watch the cast discuss their genuine friendships with one another in our exclusive clip below, keep an eye out for Slender Man on Amazon and iTunes beginning today, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's review of the horror film!
Press Release: Culver City, Calif. – Fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man,...
You can watch the cast discuss their genuine friendships with one another in our exclusive clip below, keep an eye out for Slender Man on Amazon and iTunes beginning today, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's review of the horror film!
Press Release: Culver City, Calif. – Fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man,...
- 10/19/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Featuring the modern-day boogeyman for a generation of horror fans, Slender Man is coming home in time for Halloween, as we can exclusively reveal that the horror film based on the viral character created by Victor Surge will be unleashed on Blu-ray and DVD on October 30th via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, following an October 19th digital debut. In addition to the movie's Blu-ray and DVD cover art, we've also been provided with the official release details to share with Daily Dead readers!
The Slender Man Blu-ray and DVD releases will each come with featurette “Summoning Slender Man: Meet the Cast." Below, we have the official press release with full details, as well as a look at the cover art:
Press Release: Culver City, Calif. – Fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles (“The Affair”), Jaz Sinclair (When the Bough Breaks) and Annalise Basso...
The Slender Man Blu-ray and DVD releases will each come with featurette “Summoning Slender Man: Meet the Cast." Below, we have the official press release with full details, as well as a look at the cover art:
Press Release: Culver City, Calif. – Fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles (“The Affair”), Jaz Sinclair (When the Bough Breaks) and Annalise Basso...
- 9/18/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Back in 2009, ‘Something Awful’ forum user Eric Knudsen (aka Victor Surge) created a character that would take off in more horrifying ways than could ever be imagined. Initially produced as a Creepypasta Internet meme; the tall, faceless, child consuming, suited, entity has become ingrained in the public consciousness as a modern myth in many ways but with such popularity has come tragedy. Most notably the much-publicised 2014 Waukesha, Wisconsin case, that saw the attempted murder of a young girl by her two friends, who attested they did it for Slender Man. This unsettling reality has resulted in a degree of controversy around the making of this film but the worst thing about Slender Man is not any bad taste behind its existence, rather than its inept attempts at creating something onscreen anywhere near as terrifying as the character himself or the real events surrounding him.
Slender Man starts off rather conventionally...
Slender Man starts off rather conventionally...
- 9/10/2018
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
Ahoy there, fuckos! We’re back with another rip roaring, humdinger episode of the Who Goes There Podcast! But first we need to go over some background information to bring you up to speed on the Slender Man. In 2009, an internet forum user named Eric Knudsen (also known as “Victor Surge”) created and unleashed the Slender Man […]
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- 8/21/2018
- by Matt Smith
- DreadCentral.com
At one time nearly a decade ago the online mythology behind the creepy creation Slender Man was something of meaty macabre lore that captured the mindset of the harried masses. The shadowy figurehead Slender Man harbored the sensationalistic vibes that gave eerie credence to the freaky fiend that caused such paranoia and poisonous postulation back in 2009. The creator of the sinister character Slender Man belonged to the mindset of Victor Surge's playful, sadistic imagination. Naturally, Surge's grainy boogeyman impacted internet browsers to the point of no return. The result: a grandiose hysteria involving a long-limbed, blank-faced, ghoulish demon with a predilection for abducting impressionable children on a whispery whim. The Surge-effect certainly applied to the enablers that subscribed to the fictional freakshow's horrific aura on a viral landscape. ...
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- 8/14/2018
- Screen Anarchy
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