Since the name Slender Man first appeared on the internet just a handful of years ago, the gangly figure has flourished into a full-blown urban myth, inspiring a handful of stories, video games, and was allegedly was the motive between a 2014 attack by two 12-year-old girls who stabbed their friend. Now the myth of Slender Man is being adapted into a feature-length film, appropriately titled Slender Man.
Slender Man is a boogyman-like being originally thought up in 2009 as part of a PhotoShop contest to create creepy pictures. The original "photos" of Slender Man and the accompanying captions that fed into the creature's mythos are archived at Know Your Meme.
The trailer for the upcoming Slender Man movie seems to take inspiration from the idea that Slender Man stalks kids and influences them to do terrible, murderous things. It looks a little low budget, but hey, it's based on a forum post from 2009.
Topics Memes
