Beware The Slenderman
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 23, 2017
User Score
5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 4 out of 16

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  1. scentfed
    Feb 4, 2017
    4
    Honestly the only real strength of this documentary is the access they had to some of the family members from not long after the event over a long period of time. Otherwise, this documentary is bland and un-insightful. It offers no analysis of meaningful commentary and shows very little understanding for internet culture. There are long montages throughout of b roll footage that is dullHonestly the only real strength of this documentary is the access they had to some of the family members from not long after the event over a long period of time. Otherwise, this documentary is bland and un-insightful. It offers no analysis of meaningful commentary and shows very little understanding for internet culture. There are long montages throughout of b roll footage that is dull and repetitive.

    I think this documentary is best served for those who have little understanding of the internet and want a superficial glance that will be unlikely to give them greater understanding but at least it'll be mildly interesting to them.    … Expand
  2. JhonnyBryan
    May 5, 2017
    8
    This documentary has a real purpose to advert how dangerous can be Internet. The family and law fact is the center of this drama. How can 2 girls commit a terrible crime? The answer is the deeper than you can think at first. When you see this documentary you must pay atenttion to the clues, it is important to know how obscure the internet world is and this documentary focuses on theThis documentary has a real purpose to advert how dangerous can be Internet. The family and law fact is the center of this drama. How can 2 girls commit a terrible crime? The answer is the deeper than you can think at first. When you see this documentary you must pay atenttion to the clues, it is important to know how obscure the internet world is and this documentary focuses on the creepy-pasta. The virtual stories have been companions of the generation of adolescents during the last 10 years and that has had serious consequences. But it is not this part of the web that is to blame, there are many more things like education or mental health of people.

    To finish, this documentary is one of the best examples of how dark and evil can be the world and all consequences to the children.    … Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Lenika Cruz
    Jan 23, 2017
    80
    While Beware the Slenderman isn’t an easy watch--and will undoubtedly inspire anxiety and panic in some viewers, particularly parents--it’s a worthy one that helps make sense of a senseless crime.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Clark Collis
    Jan 23, 2017
    83
    Compelling documentary.... Director Irene Taylor Brodsky utilizes police interrogation footage and interviews with the pair's families to craft not a tale about imaginary monsters, but about the far more terrifying subject of real-life mental-health issues. [27 Jan 2017, p.54]
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  3. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jan 23, 2017
    70
    The documentary does a good job of filling you in on the Slenderman mythos and how it has spread.
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