Slender Man

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Slender Man

PG-13

2018

1h 33m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Small-town best friends Hallie, Chloe, Wren and Katie go online to try and conjure up the Slender Man -- a tall, thin, horrifying figure whose face has no discernible features. Two weeks later, Katie mysteriously disappears during a class trip to a historic graveyard. Determined to find her, the girls soon suspect that the legend of the Slender Man may be all too real.

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Critics Consensus

Slender Man might be thin, but he's positively robust compared to the flimsy assortment of scares generated by the would-be chiller that bears his name.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Mar 4, 2020

The girls are so poorly defined that they're practically interchangeable; when the bogeyman starts making them disappear one by one, you may not realize at first that any of them are gone.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Dec 7, 2018

1.5/5

Slender Man essentially feels like a movie created from a how-to guide to horror. Step one: apply drab color palette with hazy blues, greens, and neutrals. Step 2: make sure all set pieces look like generic, creepy locations.

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Mike McCahill

Guardian

Aug 27, 2018

2/5

If you thought the bogeyman was slender, wait till you see the film.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Jul 25, 2025

2/10

Not redeemable, not enjoyable, not so bad that it’s good, just bad in the same way as when you realize you have explosive diarrhea – there is no good time for it, and you just wish it never happened.

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Jordy Sirkin

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Jan 2, 2021

Slender Man aims to bring the sinister character to the big screen, but it painfully disappoints.

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

Aug 11, 2020

3.5/5

Slenderman deserves an opportunity to be seen as a respectable horror film. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Gunner I

@RT64755212 3 days ago

Not a bad movie at all. It's pretty creepy too. I enjoyed it for the most part.

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Oliver D

@RT88985731 Oct 12, 2026

I'm not a horror enthusiast. Or critic, just a casual movie watcher and I loved it. I got scared a couple times surprisingly, and even if it isn't entirely faithful, I honestly didn't care. I put this movie on in front of me and my friends. And every time we got scared, we kept on laughing after that

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Billy R

@SonicMalice Oct 10, 2026

I'm very much a purist Slenderman fan who hates to see bad takes on him, so I avoided this film like the plague. However, I was pleasantly surprised by its creative visuals and top tier OST. I remember what it was like talking about Slenderman and believing in him as a kid growing up in the 2010s, and if nothing else, this movie felt just like it — a nice throwback. It doesn't have a single scare, the characters aren't deep, and it couldn't be more trite and predictable. However, I can't deny it's an interesting time capsule with enough moments of charm and creativity to stay fun. This is a middling PG-13 horror movie, but it's the absolute height of the category. You could take Slenderman seriously, or you could laugh at it. Do either when it makes sense, and you might enjoy it.

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This M

@Moviedestroyer Sep 17, 2026

I'm so frustrated that I was so scared to watch this when I was younger, I believe that they ruined the scary vibe by turning him in to a stupid spider thingy near the end unbelievable on how they fumbled on such any awesome monster the brought fear to me and many when we were younger

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Tania L

@RT96546821 Aug 24, 2026

It's not the best but...it gave me chills I had some slenderman drawings soo it gave me chills the movie kinda sucks do but be charecters aren't that bad

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Daniel L

@RT19281712 Jun 29, 2026

This movie is horrible, bad script, bad characters bad everything. Not for me.

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Synopsis

Small-town best friends Hallie, Chloe, Wren and Katie go online to try and conjure up the Slender Man -- a tall, thin, horrifying figure whose face has no discernible features. Two weeks later, Katie mysteriously disappears during a class trip to a historic graveyard. Determined to find her, the girls soon suspect that the legend of the Slender Man may be all too real.

Director: Sylvain White
Producer: Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Robyn Meisinger, Sarah Snow
Screenwriter: David Birke
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Screen Gems
Production Co: Mythology Entertainment, Madhouse Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Sequences of Terror|Some Crude Sexual References|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 10, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.5M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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