“But wait,” you say, “wasn’t there already a Slender Man movie in 2016?”
Other than that, there’s not much to suggest that this is a movie about Slender Man, the creepypasta meme first introduced in 2009 on the Something Awful forum.
Well, yes and no: You’re probably thinking of the terrible horror flick The Bye-Bye Man, or maybe you’re remembering the HBO documentary Beware the Slender Man, which examined the internet phenomenon that inspired two 12-year-old girls to attempt murder.
The trailer includes several eerie shots and a few time lapse sequences of creepy things like maggots, evoking Gore Verbinski’s similar approach with his remake of The Ring.