Beware the Slenderman
“On May 31st, 2014, in the woods outside of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year old girls stabbed their classmate 19 times. This is the true story of what drove them to do it.”
2016•1h 55m•6.5•Released
DocumentaryCrime
In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?
Director
Irene Taylor
Languages
English
Studio
Vermilion Films
Cast
Morgan Geyser
Self
Anissa Weier
Self
Payton Leutner
Self (archive footage)
Angie Geyser
Self
William Weier
Self
Michael O. Bohren
Self
Michelle Trussoni
Self
Kristi Weier
Self
Trevor J. Blank
Self
Brad Kim
Self
Richard Dawkins
Self
Jack Zipes
Self
Tom Haynes
Self
Abigail Baird
Self
Shelly Fisher
Self
Production
Company
Vermilion Films
Company
HBO Documentary Films
Producer
Sophie Harris
Producer
Irene Taylor
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