Creepypasta Movies 2

A while back I wrote about some movies based on creatures centered in tons of Creepypastas. Well I watched some more, and here they are.

Fathom (2013)
Directed By Justin Jones
Written By Alexander Crews

I want to mention that the director did a lot more than direct. He's also credited as the editor, and steadicam operator. Alexander Crews is listed for cinematography as well as writing. I think it's really cool that these guys successfully have their fingers in several pies.

So this is a short film, running at 8 minutes. It focuses on a older gentleman who has been searching for Slender Man for ages after Slender Man took his sister and left only her shoes. After a lifetime of research he's not found a way to get to the Slender Man. Instead the Slender Man comes to him and offers him a way to see his sister again.

This is probably the best Slender Man film I've seen. Most are trash (thus they're not hard to beat), but this one is quality. Unlike most junk on YouTube, the audio is level, the camera is steady, and the acting is good.
Now it's not quite cinema quality, but it's very close. The only thing I'd say keeps it from being cinema quality is the Slender Man's costume. It's a dude on stilts with a white face mask and gloves. This is a practical costume which is probably done for budget reasons. I understand this, and it seems like the crew did too. And to try to enhance the costume there's an electrical interference effect, which is a nice touch. Colour grading is great too. All around it's a really well put together film. Would not be surprised if Gearmark Pictures starts having stuff widely in theatres in my lifetime.

Slender Man (2011)

This one sucks. Would not recommend anything beyond the first minutes 43 seconds. The guys screen with the camera zoom is hilarious! And same with the detective's chin scratch.

So Detective J is concerned for his brother once kids start disappearing. However his brother, Brian, doesn't like him. This is because after their father was murdered J left him and his mother. He tells J that he'll be safe, but Brian finds that he's being stalked by someone in a weird mask, and nearly everyone he's come in contact with ends up dead or missing.
Eventually Brian wakes up in the woods and gets attacked by the masked person. Mask guy reveals himself as a classmate of Brian's who has snatched Brian to use him as bait to meet Slender Man. Brian escapes the kid but then runs into Slender Man. Fortunately he knows Slender Man's "weakness" and pulls out his cellphone.
When Brian comes to again he's in his brother's car at the school. J tells him his teacher has something important for him so Brian heads into the school. J says he'll wait in the car. However he never comes back. It seems like the masked kid wants revenge.
 To be continued? No thanks.

This is the typical kids-with-a-camera quality video. It sucks. Tripod. Please. Or just stick a camera on a chair to keep it steady. But no. And then there's spelling mistakes. I'm not very good a spelling and my professional work goes through a lot of people to check that. Why didn't anyone screen for quality before releasing this video?

Screenshot from movie

Acting is not very good. Camera quality isn't that great. Cinematography isn't great. Slender Man costume is meah. The list goes on. All that being said, movies that suck like this made by a group of little kids are great first steps. My opinion, as harsh as it may seem sometimes, comes from a motion graphics and editor background. I like to see kids try, even if that means failing, because trying and failing is better than never trying at all.
And that being said, I don't think this was made by a group of little kids. I think it was made by young adults. There are simple errors that could be avoided, like spelling.
As of today there's over 1 million views. Likes and Dislikes are almost 50/50.

Butchy Kid Videos

SHOCKING SLENDER MAN VIDEO on Butchy Kid's YouTube

Butchy Kid Videos does tons of funny little videos. They're "sighting" of creatures like Slender Man, Bigfoot, Wolfman, and more. Very funny stuff. Would recommend.

Boggy Creek

Boggy Creek (2010)
Directed by Brian T. Jaynes
Written by Brian T. Jaynes and Jennifer Minar

Meah. Meah. Just meah.

This was a semi-sasquatch tale involving hot young people and camping in the woods. That should be enough for you to decide if it's something you'd want to watch or not.


A group of young people (presumably around 22-25) are at a friend's cabin on Boggy Creek, TX. Even after a warning from the neighbor, they decide to camp in the woods anyway. The beast of Boggy Creek attacks them in the night, killing the two men, and taking the two girls to mate with. The end of the film reveals there are tons of these beasts living around the area, so they were outmatched from the beginning.
It was one of those nobody-makes-it-out movies. If you like a resolution with your films, don't watch this.

Shavon Kirksey as Maya from the film.

I associate the sub-mediocrity of the film with the fact that it looks like it's only Jayne's second time directing, and Ferrick Hallaron and Teddy Hallaron aren't that wonderful at their roles as the sound department in this film.
The music is fine (Brandon Bentli), but the audio for dialogue and ambiance is pretty bad. Tons of times in the film the environment overpowers the dialogue. I mean that as in no one was miced and for some reason there weren't dubs, or maybe not even double system sound recording when the group is sitting around the fire; instead you hear some dialogue but your ears are assaulted by the snapping and crackling of wood in the fire. The audio spikes were never taken down. I guess a -12db average was just a rule thrown out the window for this.
In honesty I'm not trying to make personal assaults on the sound folks or the editors, just making observations and putting two and two together.
Pacing was also pretty bad. It had the pacing of a sophomore or junior film student; that pacing where you don't want to cut all that beautiful footage, that pacing when you haven't learned that you cut whatever you need to cut for the sake of your vision and your story.
Editor Christian Remde had only edited for one film prior to this one. Hopefully this was a great learning experience for him. Based on his IMDB Brian T. Jaynes, the other editor, had no other professional editing experience.
Basically this is a beginner film. If that's the case, it's something to be proud of at the time. It's also something to look back on and laugh with your bros and be all like "Dude! Can you believe we did that? Can you believe we let this thing go on for an hour and a half? Can you believe we didn't bump up the dbs on some of that dialogue and lower other audio spikes? Ha!" At least they made something.
On another note, actress and main protagonist of the film Melissa Carnell, also acted in another Jaynes film, Humans VS Zombies.

On a good note, actress Shavon Kirksey, the other female lead, is very beautiful. She reminds me of Eartha Kitt, Catwoman from the 60's batman. They both have that great smile and those striking eyes.
The end.