Slender (2019)

Slender is a 2019 American Psychological, Supernatural Teenage Slasher Horror film written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger directed by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Peyton Meyer, Zendaya, Tyler Hoechlin, Genevieve Hannelius, Shawn Mendes, Jacob Batalion, Olivia Sui and Lara Robinson.

The film is an adaption of the classic internet legend character and pop culture horror icon Slender-Man, which began as a series of blogspot photographs and evolved into a series of internet and phone based video games of the same name. The character Slender Man being a faceless, white skinned figure dressed in black formal attire causing the disappearence and death of several children worldwide. The film borrows elements from the provided popular story sources and games of the same name.

The film is produced by Jason Blum and distributed by his company Blumhouse productions also like the previous Blumhouse teenage slasher horror feature Truth or Dare (2018) bears the company's name in the title.

Unlike Truth or Dare however Slender proved to be successful beyond box office revenue as had been done with all previous Blumhouse horror features as it was also commercially successful with audiences and critics.

The film as cited by art house director Lanthimos (who had previously helmed the critically well received horror feature The Killing of A Sacred Deer) as being heavily inspired in style, atmosphere and approach by the more heavily layered, stylised psychological teenage horror pictures: such as John Carpenter's original Halloween (1978), Wes Craven's original A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), David Robert Mitchell's recent modern age horror classic It Follows (2014) and Bob Clark's original Canadian horror masterpiece Black Christmas (1974).

The film also features other popular internet horror story monster The Rake and several homages to the works of H.P. Lovecraft in particular The Call of Cthullu.

The film was released theatrically and in select IMAX theatres on Friday the 13th, September 2019, marking the third Blumhouse feature to be released on this occassion and date, following Happy Death Day (2017) and Truth or Dare.