Beware The Slender Man

Infobase, (film distributor.). Home Box Office (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: It was a local story that horrified the nation: two 12-year-old girls lured a friend into the Waukesha woods, where they proceeded to stab her 19 times in an effort to appease a faceless mythical entity known online as "Slenderman." But there's more to the story than the dark headlines it generated. A sobering documentary that delves deep into the story behind this shocking crime, Beware the Slenderman examines how an Internet urban myth could take root in impressionable young minds, leading to an unspeakable act. Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky (The Final Inch), the film interweaves an eerie array of Slenderman-inspired art, games and self-produced video culled from the Internet, along with heart-wrenching access to the two girls' families, courtroom testimony, expert interviews, and interrogation-room footage to cover all sides of this unusual case. Ultimately, Beware the Slenderman reveals how adolescent isolation, mental health, and the nebulous nature of the Internet helped create a dangerous mandate for two young girls, with life-altering consequences for everyone involved.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 55 min., 23 sec.)) : sound, color.
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Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Home Box Office (Firm), [2017]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 08, 2017. CatMonthString:october.17 Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on February 08, 2017. Multi-User. Originally released by Home Box Office (Firm), 2017.
Formatted Contents Note:	Slender Man (2:09) -- May 31, 2014 Waukesha, Wisconsin (3:02) -- No Remorse (2:27) -- Geyser's Childhood (2:04) -- No Empathy (2:53) -- Anissa Weier's Childhood (3:59) -- Charged as Adults (4:25) -- New Friendship (2:50) -- Who Chose the Victim? (2:59) -- First Slender Man Post (4:03) -- Creepy Pasta Wiki (3:20) -- Horror Power (2:02) -- Pied Piper Comparison (4:13) -- Anissa Weier's Internet History (5:19) -- Online Peer Group (4:20) -- Washington County Jail (2:11) -- Inmate Phone Call (2:28) -- Waukesha County Courthouse (2:46) -- Night Before the Stabbing (2:20) -- Carrying Out the Crime (3:02) -- What is Real? (3:53) -- Cult of Slender Man (3:48) -- Virus of the Mind (3:44) -- Details of the Crime (-13:0-19) -- Psychotic Mental Illness (20:23) -- Childhood Schizophrenia (2:18) -- Family History (3:02) -- Coping With Mental Illness (2:29) -- Telepathic Communication (3:00) -- Hurting Your Best Friend (2:25) -- Running From Crime Scene (4:07) -- In Custody (2:13) -- Trying to Find Balance (3:34) -- Adults or Juveniles? (2:28) -- Court Ruling (2:24) -- Arraignment in Adult Court (3:44) -- Credits: Beware The Slender Man (1:57)
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Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access may be limited to affiliated libraries.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description (Infobase, May 17, 2017)