Poll: Proposal: Slender Man Found Footage Movie
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ajmeadows/the-slender-man-movie <- There's the link, there's a trailer on that page too.SweetShark said:
Thanks!Professor Plum said:
Oh!
Btw, did you know some other want to create a new Slenderman game.
But hear this.......4-PLAYERS CO-OP GAME TRYING TO SURVIVE SLENDERMAN!!!!!
F*CK YEAH!!!!
But gain the sotry is not existant....the four player just trying to fing some dolls....that it.
Link:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/slender-source
Oh! It seems the developer put somekind of story after all!!! I am very hype now!!!
.SweetShark said:
Isn't it Dead Space 3 all over again? When you add another PC to the mix you lose the crushing feeling of solitude and fear that dances on your soul as you try and avoid that infernal creature.
Agreed. I don't feel that co-op would work well at all with a game about the Slenderman.TheIronRuler said:
I love the way the current Slender game works, it's very basic yet extremely effective. But if you added additional players to the mix I think the entire atmosphere would be destroyed.
To me it would sound like the blair witch project, or at aleast a movie like it (like paranomal activity) and while those films can be good, they wear out quickly and if not filmed right they just dont come off as that found footage type thing.
I dont know. Ig uess it could be good, but I dont knwo if I would go see it
I dont know. Ig uess it could be good, but I dont knwo if I would go see it
Yup, consider the current horror movies that are out there (both good and bad) it won't suprise me to see some B-C rated Slenderman movie directed to DVD.
Heck I'm still waiting for the day for someone turn the whole "Chain letters" either the original mail or the online incarnation into a horror movie aswell.
Heck I'm still waiting for the day for someone turn the whole "Chain letters" either the original mail or the online incarnation into a horror movie aswell.
There's nothing a film like this could do that hasn't been done before.
Marble Hornets is fantastic, but it works best in the episodic home-movie format that Youtube provides; it would kill the effect to turn it into a movie because then it would be just that: a film, cinema, fiction.
Releasing it as a film would destroy the sense of realism that having it on Youtube creates, turning it into yet another boring faux scary-bollocks runaround like the abominable Paranormal Activity.
What I'd rather see is a half-hour show like Tales of the Unexpected, (there are quite a few episodes on Youtube well worth checking out) where each week they do a well-known Creepypasta/urban legend.
The only problem with that would be getting the publishing rights since it would be difficult to track down the authors of the original IP.
Marble Hornets is fantastic, but it works best in the episodic home-movie format that Youtube provides; it would kill the effect to turn it into a movie because then it would be just that: a film, cinema, fiction.
Releasing it as a film would destroy the sense of realism that having it on Youtube creates, turning it into yet another boring faux scary-bollocks runaround like the abominable Paranormal Activity.
What I'd rather see is a half-hour show like Tales of the Unexpected, (there are quite a few episodes on Youtube well worth checking out) where each week they do a well-known Creepypasta/urban legend.
The only problem with that would be getting the publishing rights since it would be difficult to track down the authors of the original IP.
Yes, indeed is a quit problem, but this formula could work if they do this right.TheIronRuler said:
Why I have faith in this game? Very simple you will think so if you see some of the powers Slenderman have:
"The ability of the Slenderman to disguise itself is one of its more important traits. The most well known camouflage is that of the contemporary suit-wearing Slenderman. The most supported theory is that the Slenderman takes the appearance of a member of higher class or notable social position (a knight, a warrior, a suited man), in order to gain trust or acceptance from a person, or at the very least to blend in at a distance. A variation of this theory is that the Slenderman's appearance varies from person to person slightly, appearing how the individual's mind comprehends it.
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"The rarest form of Slenderman influence is where the Slenderman takes over complete control of the victim, from body to mind, making the person a literal puppet controlled by Slenderman. Not commonly found, this form of influence is extreme and only used by the Slenderman when it needs to gather information or decieve a victim without its presence being known. In some cases, it uses this puppeteering to communicate with a human on a human level, as it is often incapable of doing so in its full form. In other cases, the puppeteering is used as a way to hold a victim or person hostage, to be used as leverage against a target"
"One of the enduring traits of the Slenderman is selective visibility. The Slenderman has the ability to choose who sees it and when, in many cases. For instance, it can allow only one person to see it, or only the prey, but not anyone else who would be looking at the same place. Often, young children can see it when adults can not, and it is commonly agreed that even when humans can not detect it, it can be seen by cameras, both digital and pre-digital, although there is often distortion when captured digitally. Some suggest that animals are receptive to the Slenderman, and that the Slenderman's selective visibility is not affective towards them, and it therefore kills animals that pose a threat to its hunt. This is an explanation for the appearance of bags filled with animal corpses in early mythos and some ARGs.
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If you read that and think about this for a second....this will be the biggest mind-f*ck game you ever seen in the game!!!
Player to fear any f*cking moment if slenderman cotrol one of them for a moment or slender is only visible only to one member of the team or Slenderman be visible as a friend of the group!!!!
"-The one right next to me act weird!!!! Is he Slenderman in disguised?!?!?! Must protect myself!!! No...NO!!!! Maybe Slenderman control my friend and want me to kill him so later kill me instead!!!! No no no no no no no...NNONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"
Finally if the game DON'T have voice-chat and only some Command voice speechs.......we are talking for a very goog, GOOD game here.......well, of course if they think like me anyway.
EDIT: I just realised I made a big mess with my english.......lazy to fix....
A) Slender isn't the slightest bit scary--it's on the same level as the boogey man and monsters under your bed. A mysterious being that creeps on children and... stands around. Terrifying. The recent game is equally as mundane; the entire thing consists of walking down a single path and rubbing your face against walls to collect drawings.
B) Found footage movies are snooze feasts, with 99% of the screen time taken up by shaky-cam closeups of faces looking constipated. They're all the same and all as shit. Bunch of kids go looking for blah, blah, shit happens, one of them gets separated, tension in the group, no one can tell what the fuck's going on, they all die.
C) ... There is no C.
Horror should make you uncomfortable. Horror should make you nauseous. You should want to get up and leave. It should show you things, put you in situations and make you think about things you don't want to. Horror should make you feel dirty for watching it. It should be taboo. After being a part of it, you should lose sleep at night, not because the big bad monster under your bed or in your closet might jump out, but because you've been apart of horrible things. A tall man chasing children to kill and/or molest them isn't scary. When the focal point of your fear is intangible, alien and faceless, it's redundant, replaceable and decidedly unscary. When the monster in your dreams is what human beings can do to one another, what horrible sounds people make when they are tortured, the anxious feeling you get in your stomach when you know you should look away--that's horror. It's human, it's real and it's terrifying.
Salo, or the 120 Days in Sodom is horrifying.
Set in the Nazi-controlled, northern Italian state of Salo in 1944, four dignitaries round up sixteen perfect specimens of youth and take them together with guards, servants and studs to a palace near Marzabotto. The young teens and children are used as play things, with each officer taking their turn to act out their wildest fantasies. Along with the men are four women, three with a story to tell and one with a piano. The film consists largely of these three stories, relayed to the Nazi dignitaries through song and vivid dance. Afterwards, each child is executed, the men once again taking turns to exercise their control.
A Serbian Film is horrifying.
The retired and down on his luck porn star, Milos, is contacted by a director with a once in a lifetime deal: one movie for one million dollars. Catch is, he won't say what the film is or what it's about. All he'll tell Milo is that it's an "art film." In desperate need of money to support his wife and son, Milos reluctantly agrees. However, shortly after filming begins it's soon revealed what kind of movie they are planning on making--a snuff film full of paedophilia, necrophilia and sadism, designed to shock and horrify. How far will Milo go to earn his much needed money and can he prevent his family from becoming part of the director's vision?
Martys is horrifying.
Fifteen years after being kidnapped and held hostage in a hellish factory, the tormented Lucie embarks on a mission to uncover the mystery behind her captives turned oppressors. She is joined by childhood friend, Anna, whom she met at an orphanage. Things unravel quickly after the pair came face to face with their childhood abuse, quickly descending, without hope, into madness and delusion. The painful truth behind Lucie's torment becomes all too clear and the human spirit is pushed to breaking point.
Shakey cam of kids fucking around and pretending to be scared is boring.
B) Found footage movies are snooze feasts, with 99% of the screen time taken up by shaky-cam closeups of faces looking constipated. They're all the same and all as shit. Bunch of kids go looking for blah, blah, shit happens, one of them gets separated, tension in the group, no one can tell what the fuck's going on, they all die.
C) ... There is no C.
Horror should make you uncomfortable. Horror should make you nauseous. You should want to get up and leave. It should show you things, put you in situations and make you think about things you don't want to. Horror should make you feel dirty for watching it. It should be taboo. After being a part of it, you should lose sleep at night, not because the big bad monster under your bed or in your closet might jump out, but because you've been apart of horrible things. A tall man chasing children to kill and/or molest them isn't scary. When the focal point of your fear is intangible, alien and faceless, it's redundant, replaceable and decidedly unscary. When the monster in your dreams is what human beings can do to one another, what horrible sounds people make when they are tortured, the anxious feeling you get in your stomach when you know you should look away--that's horror. It's human, it's real and it's terrifying.
Salo, or the 120 Days in Sodom is horrifying.
Set in the Nazi-controlled, northern Italian state of Salo in 1944, four dignitaries round up sixteen perfect specimens of youth and take them together with guards, servants and studs to a palace near Marzabotto. The young teens and children are used as play things, with each officer taking their turn to act out their wildest fantasies. Along with the men are four women, three with a story to tell and one with a piano. The film consists largely of these three stories, relayed to the Nazi dignitaries through song and vivid dance. Afterwards, each child is executed, the men once again taking turns to exercise their control.
A Serbian Film is horrifying.
The retired and down on his luck porn star, Milos, is contacted by a director with a once in a lifetime deal: one movie for one million dollars. Catch is, he won't say what the film is or what it's about. All he'll tell Milo is that it's an "art film." In desperate need of money to support his wife and son, Milos reluctantly agrees. However, shortly after filming begins it's soon revealed what kind of movie they are planning on making--a snuff film full of paedophilia, necrophilia and sadism, designed to shock and horrify. How far will Milo go to earn his much needed money and can he prevent his family from becoming part of the director's vision?
Martys is horrifying.
Fifteen years after being kidnapped and held hostage in a hellish factory, the tormented Lucie embarks on a mission to uncover the mystery behind her captives turned oppressors. She is joined by childhood friend, Anna, whom she met at an orphanage. Things unravel quickly after the pair came face to face with their childhood abuse, quickly descending, without hope, into madness and delusion. The painful truth behind Lucie's torment becomes all too clear and the human spirit is pushed to breaking point.
Shakey cam of kids fucking around and pretending to be scared is boring.
It might work as a "mockumentary" of sorts, but found footage is overused these days and kinda boring
.Clearing the Eye said:
This... isn't Horror. It's uncomfortable to watch. Horror should instill fear in your soul, not disgust. If I were to watch these movies all I would see are wannabe snuff films.
You can change the perspective and offer your own interpretation of what a Slender Man movie could be of and how it would be played. I just thought that having him appear throughout the movie and seem to blend into the film without noticing it... until you reach the big reveal which tells us that he i dopes exist, and that he had been watching them - and you, for the whole duration of this film.
Yeah, I wouldn't really be interested in another found footage film. Marble Hornets already exists. The Blair Witch Project already exists. There wouldn't be much point in making a Marble Hornets+Blair Witch movie, especially since they are already similar.
Also, I am not a fan of this portrayal of the man that started the myth. From what I saw of the original Something Awful thread, he seemed like a pretty cool dude who was good at photo editing. For me, the original thread is an important part of the story of Slender Man; I like that Slendy can still scare people even when he is clearly not real.
Of course, if I made my own film, it would start out as a horror movie and then switch to a comedy about Slendy's everyday life. He's just a normal, tall guy with a deformed face, and he's really confused about all these teenagers chasing him with cameras.
Also, I am not a fan of this portrayal of the man that started the myth. From what I saw of the original Something Awful thread, he seemed like a pretty cool dude who was good at photo editing. For me, the original thread is an important part of the story of Slender Man; I like that Slendy can still scare people even when he is clearly not real.
Of course, if I made my own film, it would start out as a horror movie and then switch to a comedy about Slendy's everyday life. He's just a normal, tall guy with a deformed face, and he's really confused about all these teenagers chasing him with cameras.
That's the point--none of them are about what is shown. They all question very real things that you think about and do every day of your life.TheIronRuler said:
Salo, or the 120 Days in Sodom is about fascism, capitalism and consumerism. It asks the question: what are the ultimate consequences for your actions? It forces you to accept certain realities and confronts you with the things you like to pretend are out of your control. It's dripping in metaphor and the genius is, the shock, horror and disgust are metaphors for the emotions one feels when pushed into considering the effects of their decisions. It doesn't just ask you where your burger came from or who made your shirt, it punches you in the face and rubs your nose in the truth.
A Serbian Film is about art and what defines culture. It pushes limits and asks why they're there. Why are things the way they are? Why is good, good and bad, bad. How far is too far and why is it too far? It attempts to cut away the human conditioning and show to you the very real core of humanity. Under all the pressures from society, when no one is looking and without someone to say no, what feels good? What do you want to do? If there's no consequence, how far is too far? How much do you really believe what you are told?
Martys has the best twist in any film. Ever. Period. It's impossible to see coming and it slaps you n the face like a truck. When all is said and done, at the beating, bare, exposed heart of the film, we're left wondering what the very purpose of our existence is. Through remorseless, unapologetic and brutal metaphor and twisting motives, Martys has you questioning your very life. It's... awesome.
These movies don't scare you with a boogey man that goes bump in the night. They go where people don't want to, tell it like it is and make you sick--and you deserve it.
Next Summer: Slender Man! Starring Sean Connery on Stilts!TheIronRuler said:
Also, if you are interested in a movie like that, you should see Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil. It is a hillbilly horror movie from the hillbillies' perspective. A friend showed it to me after I shared my Slender Man ideas.
Mm, delicious pretentiousness.Clearing the Eye said:
Anyhoo, as much as I'd like a Slender Man film to be a thing, I can't trust a Hollywood studio to make a good job of it. You just know they won't be able to resist showing the damn thing in excruciatingly-close detail - think of the effects in the The Thing prequel.
I do like the Blair Witch/Cloverfield/Paranormal Activity style movies, possibly stemming form my enjoyment of GhostWatch, an ancient programme that a UK TV channel made for Halloween many years ago.
So what am I saying?
Yes, I'd like it.
No, I don't think it would be well-made.
Just stick with MarbleHornets, TribeTwelve, EverymanHYBRID, and if there's more, do tell.
.wottabout said:
That film was brilliant in its own little way. I loved it for the comedy it was.