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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Here There Be Monsters
Authors : Shira Chess, Eric Newsom
Published in: Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
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This chapter positions the Slender Man as a monster character in the genre of horror by contextualizing him through a mix of pre- and post-digital anxieties and cultural connotations: fear of blankness and the uncanny, faceless monsters of pop culture, “men in black,” patriarchal father figures, fairies and child kidnapping creatures, and selfie culture. This chapter also notes that the Slender Man was born in a similar web space and culture as the Occupy social movement and the hacktivist group Anonymous, and identifies the mutual anxieties that spurred the creation of all three.