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. Read more...