“On May 31st, 2014, in the woods outside of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year old girls stabbed their classmate 19 times. This is the true story of what drove them to do it.”
In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?
Morgan Geyser
Self
Anissa Weier
Self
Payton Leutner
Self (archive footage)
Angie Geyser
Self
William Weier
Self
Michael O. Bohren
Self
Michelle Trussoni
Self
Kristi Weier
Self
Trevor J. Blank
Self
Brad Kim
Self
Beware the Slenderman is a documentary, crime film released in 2016 exploring themes of schizophrenia, wisconsin, bullying, internet, stabbing, woman director. Directed by Irene Taylor, it stars Morgan Geyser, Anissa Weier, Payton Leutner. In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?
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