I’ve never seen a documentary sympathise so much with attempted murderers, and not bring up how this affected the victim and the victims family whatsoever.

Documentary felt directionless and the through line was unclear. All at once, it attempted to be about internet trends, scary folklore, the stabbing case, and the parents' experience of their children stabbing a friend. Too many stories. Also random tonal changes, like the bit where the "experts" interviewed over Skype very quirkily cannot connect to the call. It was a weirdly written and directed doc.

This documentary centered around the 2014 Slenderman Stabbing is very emotional, especially for the parents of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier. Luckily, Payton Luetner, who was stabbed 19 times survived.

I went into it expecting a creepy pasta saga, but I got a more sympathetic yet realistic look at this unforgettable case of tween girl true crime near tragedy.

Beware the Slenderman, directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky, is a compelling look at the famous fictional boogeyman and it's influence on two 12 year old girls to attempt such a heinous crime, that mostly holds up, however is bogged down by a boring 2nd half. Sunmary: The mythos of a faceless, digital-age bogeyman known as Slenderman was created on the Internet, but his influence was felt in the real world when two 12-year-old girls lured their friend into the woods for a brutal murder. So what are the positives about this documentary? It provides an interesting look on a very compelling and horrific case with personal connections with the family you have never seen before on any news interview. And I really like how they touch base with these people and how much the tragedy affected them as much as the other people in Wisconsin. It's really sad that this family might not have been able to see their daughters for a while because they let a fictional creepypasta story take over their life and affect them in a very unhealthy way. And the theories presented about the famous legend itself are very interesting throughout. And the third half tells a tale of Schizophrenia and its effects for those on the receiving end well, and the trauma that can occur from such an awful disorder. However, what I really didn't like was the really boring 2nd half throughout that almost should've probably been cut. Seriously, you could probably shave 30 minutes from this thing, and it could've most likely ended up way more compelling, and perhaps even replace it with the victim's family and their POV, and how they feel. Instead, it subjects us to mostly the family and how they couldn't see the signs, which is very hypocritical l, because in the first 10 minutes, we get insight of how Anissa Weier, one of the perpetrators of this awful crime, didn't react normally to situations like most other people do. Instead, what is presented is 80% fanfiction/art off of the internet that didn't get credit for some reason (along with the nostalgic appearances of webseries' like Marble Hornets and Tribetwelve among others), and, here we go, PUT THE BLAME ON THE IPADS instead, and the internet, and not LEGITIMATE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS! It always irritates me that when something like this is shown, people tend to gravitate towards the internet being the problem entirely, and not a larger picture surrounding the person's life. Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser had mental issues that needed addressed and should've been addressed, and instead we blame the Ipads? Like, we are still doing this? These parents seem like kind that would say video game violence causes real world violence. And while the last 20 minutes held my attention much like the first 10 to maybe 35, the 50 to 80 minute mark dragged it down a bit for me to call this documentary 'amazing'. So with all of this being said, I have seen worse documentaries (*coughs* Room 237), and this held my attention for a bit. I just wish it could have held it more.

Outrageous that the government allows minors that by undisputed scientific certainty don't have a fully developed brain and even a less developed decision-making part of the brain to waive their rights. Disgusting really. But good documentary

To often documentaries try to be artsy like an indie film. I just want to see the basic facts of what happened. No need for long panoramic shots for dramatic effect. This horrible story did not need to be told like this.

Didn't like the way it was made necessarily but the story is chilling.

I love a good documentary and when I learn something new. This is definitely worth a watch. To be picky, I didn't find the visual effect of the bar scrolling up the screen during the interviews to be helpful or of importance and it distracted me from what the interviewees were saying. Overall, good film 4.8/5

While this is a really creepy documentary, I would have rather heard more about the stabbing case, and less on theory's about why slender man is the way he is. I could have got more information on the case just by looking it up. Grade: C

Occasional straying in elaborating to make sense of the phenomenon's dangerously psychological influence but it really discusses multiple unexpected issues that eventually becomes more, or rather took more than half of the shared length, than the main violently triggering topic with chilling disturbance crawling through actual footages of the young perpetrators explaining their actions. (B)

The movie was very one sided; The whole movie is in defense of the two girls who stabbed their friend and it really shouldn't be. What they did was horrible and they should be punished for it. The movie however wants to pose this whole thing as the internet's fault. Regardless of this the movie goes out of its way to show it doesn't know much about Slenderman. It also has no respect for artist or content creators as it doesn't credit any of them despite the fact that 80% of the run time is voice over top of random bits of artwork and video clips. A list of notable works that the movie stole from include but is not limited to: Marble Hornet, TribeTwelve, DarkHarvest00, and several fan films that I can't find the names of because they don't credit them.

Straightforward and real

Very dry and talks about the main girls as kids. Not about the case itself too much.

Future sociopath serial killers.

so much potential for a good creepy movie wasted, I hope they can do it properly one day.

Extremely boring. Slow to develop, lots of meaningless filler material. Good if you are searching for a nap inducer, not good if you are a fan of true crime documentaries

This was very interesting,but some parts of the documentary where boring and bland,but i have to say that this was the most brutal thing i have ever heard to do with slenderman.those 2 girls are insane!

As a true crime fan, I've seen just about every film the genre has to offer. This one is incredibly infuriating. The producer attempts to to generate sympathy for these 2 girls and their families. The parents get near an hour of air time to justify their parenting. It's actually disgusting. Personally, I understand they were children and may not be 100% responsible for their actions, but to make a movie that belittles their actions and dramatizes the events, while completely ignoring the victim, was disgusting. These girls families need to hang their heads in shame, not be filming movies about their disgusting children and saying how sweet they are. I honestly want to beat up the weier family father with every fibre of my being. He's actually speaking out against a new movie coming out about slender man, when he starred in a similar titled movie which was almost an attempt to glorify his daughters atrocious actions. Honestly, if I saw him on the street, I'd break every bone in his face. He and this Morgan girls mom, they are mentally short to have agreed to This.

Not much content in the doc other than the fact of screwed up kids do something mental.