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Beware the Slenderman (2016)

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On May 31st, 2014, in the woods outside of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year old girls stabbed their classmate 19 times. This is the true story of what drove them to do it.

In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?

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Director
Irene Taylor
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Keywords

  • schizophrenia
  • wisconsin
  • bullying
  • internet
  • stabbing
  • woman director
  • meme
  • slender man
  • criminal trial
  • creepypasta
  • crime
  • slenderman