Title: Slenderman Movie  

General information about item:

• Slenderman
• Movie Trailer
• Youtube
• Informant’s Name: Michael Gallagher 
• Date Collected: 5/25/2020

Informant Data: Michael Gallagher was born on October 29, 1964 and is originally from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he studied mechanical engineering. He is married with two kids.

Social Context: I interviewed Michael on May 25, 2020 after he watched the Slenderman movie trailer on youtube. Michael did not know too much about the folklore of Slenderman prior to watching this trailer.

Cultural Context: The trailer emphasizes the “spooky” woods and the plot seems to be based around finding a missing little girl. The line “people do not just go missing” at the beginning of the trailer is particularly striking

Item: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySy8mcceTno 

Informant’s Response: “It seems that this would make for a good movie. I did not know much about Slenderman prior to watching this trailer. While the trailer did not seem to show very much of slenderman himself, it showed how he got into the minds of his victims, like a virus. It would certainly scare me to watch this movie and I am interested to read through your final collection project to learn more about the folklore behind Slenderman.” 

Collector’s Name: David Gallagher 

Tags/Keywords:

• Slenderman 
• Movie Trailer
• Youtube 
• Interview