Urban legends are like candy—easy to consume, and indispensable to the Halloween season.
Everybody has a handful of tall tales up their sleeve. They emerge around campfires, at slumber parties, and in the corners of house parties, just waiting to be told and retold until everyone around has heard some variation on the same story.
It’s like the story of the parent checking under a child’s bed after lights out. Sometimes it’s the mom, sometimes it’s the dad, but the outcome of the story is always the same. And with the internet as a platform, it’s totally possible for terrifying urban legends to be born, reinvented, and forgotten in just the blink of an eye.
These stories are colloquially known as “creepypasta,” and you can find them in horror forums all over the web. Probably the best known figure to emerge from the genre is a ghoulish character called Slender Man, a tall, faceless figure who stalks and steals children and teenagers.
I never thought that Slender Man sounded all that impressive, or all that terrifying. As it turned out, all I needed was a new perspective. Now, the mere thought of this spooky boogeyman sends shivers down my neck.
What changed my mind? A truly chilling short film called VICTIM. it follows a teen protagonist as he makes the terrible, terrible mistake of attempting to learn more about the Slender Man, and where he came from. Needless to say, I would avoid Googling him after this…
And if this film will have you looking over your shoulder of the foreseeable future, please SHARE on Facebook for every friend who enjoys spine-tingling horror.
