Review of Slender Man (2018) by Luciusmcgibbon — 17 Nov 2018

Wow. Coming from someone who wants nothing more than to find the good in even the worst scare flicks, this is one impressively unaccomplished movie.

To take a character this ripe for cinematic portrayal and wind up with such a veritable carnival of paint-by-numbers blandness is truly a notable feat. There is some moderate visual flair and some not-bad-at-all cinematography in this movie, but it all gets put to waste by the complete poverty of innovation.

I'll be honest, I didn't make it past the 60 minute mark. So it's possible that it picks up later, but even if the last 20 minutes miraculously turned into an Exorcist-worthy climax, no moviegoer should be forced to sit through the preceding two acts to get to it.