In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of Slender Man. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, his latest victim.
Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't really recommend.
I'm a big fan of Joey King, but she wasn't really in a positive to save the movie.
The production value is obviously there, the effects are even good, and there are several intense moments that should set the atmosphere, but I just couldn't bring myself to care.
The writing has to be to blame. It's 4-5 shallow, empty characters with just enough flavor to tell them apart, and I just can't care about them.
The movie focuses on the subtly of it all, the growing madness that Slender Man instills in his victims without properly building the tension or showing the characters slowly losing it, which would have given good actors the ability to save it. Inste...