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kingofzdom t1_j92k4oc wrote

"marble hornets" is an early YouTube ARG with practically zero budget that used a combination of POV, conservative shaky cam, "Slenderman" camera distortions and basic CGI. (Fun fact, this series is also the origin of the modern Slenderman)

The result is one of the most compelling and interesting amateur films I've ever witnessed

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StreetMysticCosmic t1_j931axw wrote

Slenderman existed as photoshop images and a creepypasta on the forum SomethingAwful before the excellent Marble Hornets videos came out.

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DrakeandCo t1_j93hw1o wrote

While this is true, the first episode was posted within weeks of the first Slender Man photoshop images being created on SA. Troy Wagner, the series creator, was a part of the original forum thread where Slender Man was cooked up.

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kingofzdom t1_j931hoj wrote

'tis why I specified "modern" slenderman.

He was a simi-obscure art project pre-marble hornets.

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