OK first off, no it's not a great movie. But, it's definitely not as bad as the average rating indicates. Take it for what it is: an average teen horror movie. It's a PG-13 people. It's a rating to include the teenies, so you should know that it will be (generally) less scary/creepy/intense than a higher rating.
Secondly, it can be tricky to try and make a full length feature film based on a myth and slender man short horror videos. Sometimes it works (Lights Out for example) and other times it doesn't. For me, Slender Man is right there on the fence between working and not working. It's a decent attempt in my opinion and while it does tend to drag at times, it didn't really get too boring for me, especially not as far as for me to turn it off. Dunno about this whole "too dark" thing either as I managed to see everything with no problems.
The tension, scares and overall creep factor is pretty minimal in honesty, but they generally weren't TOO bad. I think if the film makers kept the full on detail views of Slender Man to a minimum it might have been a bit more creepy. The glimpses of him and clever 'blending in' tricks employed could have made for a bit more of a creepy atmosphere. The parts where this happened had more intensity for me rather than the full on 'up close & personal' shots although some of those shots were pretty decent enough. Javier Botet was pretty good as Slender Man and while it wasn't his creepiest role (Insidious holds that title I think as the Red Faced Demon) he still does a convincing portrayal as Slender Man.
Like I said, this isn't a great movie but if you're struggling for something to watch then you could definitely do much worse than this.
Secondly, it can be tricky to try and make a full length feature film based on a myth and slender man short horror videos. Sometimes it works (Lights Out for example) and other times it doesn't. For me, Slender Man is right there on the fence between working and not working. It's a decent attempt in my opinion and while it does tend to drag at times, it didn't really get too boring for me, especially not as far as for me to turn it off. Dunno about this whole "too dark" thing either as I managed to see everything with no problems.
The tension, scares and overall creep factor is pretty minimal in honesty, but they generally weren't TOO bad. I think if the film makers kept the full on detail views of Slender Man to a minimum it might have been a bit more creepy. The glimpses of him and clever 'blending in' tricks employed could have made for a bit more of a creepy atmosphere. The parts where this happened had more intensity for me rather than the full on 'up close & personal' shots although some of those shots were pretty decent enough. Javier Botet was pretty good as Slender Man and while it wasn't his creepiest role (Insidious holds that title I think as the Red Faced Demon) he still does a convincing portrayal as Slender Man.
Like I said, this isn't a great movie but if you're struggling for something to watch then you could definitely do much worse than this.