I wish there was a way in which I can say that there is some
way to craft a “good” film based on the urban legend of Slender Man but the film
SLENDER MAN (2018) probably isn’t quite it.
Joey King stars a Wren who with her girlfriends set out to call the
Slender Man but when one of her girlfriends goes missing, Wren realizes that
maybe the urban legend is real.
The plot borrows from everything from Candyman to Urban Legends
but has none of the spark of any of those.
It is no secret that the film under went forced re shoots due to some
people claiming the film insensitive to the original case that inspired the
film and that the film just didn’t test well in front of test audiences, but
the final product is “dead on arrival.”
There is simply too much CGI (especially in the third act) and the logic
for the film goes out the window somewhere at the half way point.
I actually like the more stylistic cinematography and
editing (by Luca Del Puppo and Jake York, respectfully) and which is was more consistent
throughout because the more artistic choices made the film more
interesting. The problem is that the
final film relies on too many standard jump scares and follows too many horror
tropes that are cliché. I did love the score by Brandon Campbell and
Ramin Djawadi which is the true highlight of the film.
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