Creepypasta Adaptations Don’t Work For One Important Reason

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Horror fans are familiar with Creepypasta, scary stories that are passed along on online forums, along with videos and photos. These tales are definitely horrifying and even people who don't enjoy watching scary films will likely feel a chill down their spine when looking at some of the images.

While it makes sense that filmmakers would want to adapt some of these tales into movies, it's not the best idea, which the 2018 film Slender Man proved. There's one main reason why these stories don't work in film form and why they should be left online where they belong.

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The main reason why Creepypasta adaptations don't work? Translating these online tales into films ruins them and something special and unique gets lost. Creepypasta stories are told like campfire stories and urban legends and they feel more terrifying because readers can use their own imaginations to fill in the blanks. When a Creepypasta story becomes a movie, it's just not that scary, and too often, the resulting film is dull and nothing like the original tale.

There are many video games based on Creepypasta stories and the way that people began sharing these stories on the Internet is definitely interesting. According to Turbo Future, people started using the word «copypasta» because they were «copying» these stories on various websites. Creepypastas have text, videos, and photos, and it seems like the 4chan /x/ board is where people first posted these types of scary stories.

The Creepypasta Slender Man was adapted into a movie in 2018, which is one of the worst teen horror movies. Eric Knudsen created him and posted a story about him on the SomethingAwful forum. He doesn't have a face,