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Slender Man is a mythological internet urban legend created by Eric Knudsen (also known as Victor Surge) in 2009 on the Something Awful forum. The character has been spread across multiple formats, such as Film, Web series and Video games. The following is a list of adaptations based on Slender Man, referred to by fans as the Slender Man Mythos series.

To be considered for the list, the adaptations must be included on at least three separate articles from different publications.

Web series

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Marble Hornets

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Main article: Marble Hornets
The creators of Marble Hornets at a Q&A panel

Marble Hornets is an alternate reality game YouTube series created in 2009, based on the Slender Man creepypasta.[1] Made by Troy Wagner and Joseph DeLage, the series follows Jay Merrick (Wagner) as he attempts to find out what happened to his friend Alex Kralie (DeLage) during the production of Alex's student film, Marble Hornets.[2] The web series was met with mostly positive reviews from critics, like Roger Ebert, and fans.[3][4] The show would also inspire multiple web series in the style of Marble Hornets, like EverymanHYBRID and TribeTwelve.[5][6][3]

Video games

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Slender: The Eight Pages

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Main article: Slender: The Eight Pages
The original Slender logo

Slender: The Eight Pages originally called Slender, follows an unseen protagonist being perused by the Slender Man.[7] The character must collect all eight pages with mysterious messages and drawings on them in a forest. Failing to collect all pages and getting caught by Slender Man will trigger a Jump scare, leading to a Game over screen.[8][9] It was developed by the developer Mark J. Hadley and released by his one-man studio Parsec Productions.[10]

Slenderman's Shadow

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The logo of Slenderman's Shadow

Slenderman's Shadow is a 2012 game based on the Slender: The Eight Pages game, however it's unrelated with the Parsec Productions Slender games.[11] The game expanded on the basic idea of Slender and improved on it, with nine different maps. It still hads the same gameplay mechanic of finding 12 items that are scattered around the map while dodging the Slenderman.[12][13]

Slender: The Arrival

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Main article: Slender: The Arrival
The logo of Slender: The Arrival

2013’s Slender: The Arrival is a direct sequel to The Eight Pages. This installment is developed by Blue Isle Studios and Parsec Productions.[14] The Arrival follows the protagonist Lauren, who ventures into Oakside Park searching for her friend Kate, the protagonist of The Eight Pages. Along the way, she encounters the Slender Man and finds out more of what happened to her and the residents of Oakside Park.[15] Downloadable content for the game is in development.[16] On July 27, 2023, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the game, Blue Isle announced a remastered version of the game made in Unreal Engine 5.[17]

Slender Rising

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Main article: Slender Rising
The logo of Slender Rising

Slender Rising is a 2012 IOS horror and indie game by Michael Hegemann.[18] It is based on the creepypasta called Slender Man, a tall, faceless man who hunts people down. The first-person game tasks players with collecting notes across various maps whilst trying to avoid the Slender Man.[19][20]

Films

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The Slender Man

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The Slender Man is a 2013 found footage horror film directed by A.J. Meadows and starring Adam Hartley, Madeleine Rouse, Eric Warrington, Bill Finkbiner, Colleen Malone, Sarah Baker, Collin Cudney, Kylie Cudney, and Alex Eads.[21] Funding for the movie was though a $10,000 Kickstarter campaign,[22] before being released for free on YouTube.[21] The films reception was heavily negative.[23][24]

Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story

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Main article: Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story
Doug Jones plays the Slender Man in the film

Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story is a 2015 American found footage horror film directed by James Moran and starring Chris Marquette, Jake McDorman, Doug Jones, Alexandra Breckenridge and Alexandra Holden.[25] In some countries, it was retitled as Marble Hornets: The Operator. The film was released on video on demand on April 7, 2015, and opened in select theaters on May 15, 2015.[26][27] Critical reception for Always Watching was predominantly negative.[28]

_beware the slenderman

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Main article: Beware the Slenderman

Beware the Slenderman is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky about the Slender Man stabbing.[29] It premiered at South by Southwest in March 2016 and was broadcast on HBO on January 23, 2017.[30][31] The film received mixed reviews.[32]

Slender Man

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Main article: Slender Man (film)
Javier Botet plays the Slender Man in the film

Slender Man is a 2018 American supernatural horror film directed by Sylvain White and written by David Birke, based on the character of the same name. The film stars Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Taylor Richardson, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, and Alex Fitzalan with Javier Botet as the title character.[33][34] Released in the United States on August 10, 2018, the film was poorly received by critics and audiences[35] but was a modest box office success, grossing $51.7 million against a budget between $10‒28 million.[36]

Television

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Glasgowman's Wrath (Law & Order episode)

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Main article: Glasgowman's Wrath

The sixth episode of the sixteenth season of the American Law & Order: Special Victims Unit show. Entitled Glasgowman's Wrath, was based on Slender Man, with the events of the episode are loosely based on the May 2014 Slender Man stabbing.[37][38] It received mixed reviews.[39]

Terror in the Woods

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On October 14, 2018, a TV-movie inspired by the Slender Man stabbing, called Terror in the Woods, aired on Lifetime. The film stars Ella West Jerrier, Sophia Grace McCarthy, Skylar Morgan Jones, Angela Kinsey, Drew Powell, and Carrie Hood. Christina Ricci serves as the executive producer of the film.[40][41][42]

Song

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20 Dollars

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Main article: Ron Browz
External videos
video icon Slenderman 20$ song

In May 2009,[43] Ron Browz released the single "20 Dollars". The song was not a success commercially, which he blamed on his label's refusal to promote the song. Despite its lack of commercial success, "20 Dollars" garnered popularity online as an internet meme among fans of the Slenderman mythos.[44] This originated from a video uploaded by YouTube user brett824 that claimed to have "discovered" missing audio of a Marble Hornets episode, but in reality was a humorous bait-and-switch that instead played excerpts from "20 Dollars" whenever Slenderman appeared on-screen.[45] The song became associated with Slenderman, who fans facetiously claimed only stalked its victims because of its desire for "20 dollars".[46]

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