I would say that this short movie belongs to the most underrated genre today, mystery. Mystery movies, like The Slender Case, are somewhere between horror and sci-fi, and they require vivid imagination from viewers.
It is about 4 teenagers trying to have a good time, drinking beer and socializing, while one of them is playing an Internet horror game. But how time passes, they are more and more talking about the game and soon they decide to search for the game's villain in the local woods.
The Slender Case reminded me of the 90's cult movie, Brainscan (also about the people who became part of an interactive horror PC game). Director used first-person camera perspective, just like Paranormal Activity, to make everything more believable. And he succeeds in it. Acting is top-notch, those young actors seemed really spontaneous and have very promising careers. Also sound is superb, I must say that I really felt chills while enjoying the movie.
Only objection is that the boy who held the camera should have been more involved in conversation. That way the movie would be even more believable. After I watched it, I searched on Google a little bit, and discovered that Slender game actually exists, which makes the movie even more spooky.
I give it a 9/10 !
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