Passes the Bechdel test

Slender Man

Name: Slender Man
Released: 2018

2018. Directed by Sylvain White, written by David Birke and Eric Knudsen.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
11 women characters. 9 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 20 scenes out of 92.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

When their friend mysteriously disappears, a group of teenage girls explore whether the culprit could be the creepy internet urban legend character Slenderman by summoning him with a ritual. They begin experiencing supernatural phenomena that make them believe the story is real and that they are now being haunted by the Slenderman. Directed by Sylvain White. Based on the character created by Eric "Victor Surge" Knudsen.

Released: 10 Aug 2018
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 3.3 / 10
Metascore: 30 / 100
Awards: 3 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Hallie 225 lines, woman
Wren 197 lines, woman
Chloe 84 lines, woman
Tom 44 lines, man
Katie 23 lines, woman
Lizzie 23 lines, woman
Hallie’S Mother 14 lines, woman
Hallie'S Mother 13 lines, woman
Hallie’S Father 11 lines, man
Mr. Jensen 8 lines, man

Full cast, 26 people

Julia Goldani Telles as Hallie
Joey King as Wren
Jaz Sinclair as Chloe
Javier Botet as Slender Man
Annalise Basso as Katie
Alex Fitzalan as Tom
Taylor Richardson as Lizzie
Jessica Blank as Hallie's Mom
Michael Reilly Burke as Hallie's Dad
Kevin Chapman as Mr. Jensen
Miguel Nascimento as Kyle
Eddie Frateschi as Biology Teacher
Oscar Wahlberg as Boy with Glasses
Danny Beaton as Burley Kid
Marc Carver as Doctor
Kris Sidberry as Librarian
Angela Hope Smith as Nurse
Damon D'Amico Jr. as Student
Timothy Brierley as Tour Guide
Kayla Caulfield as High School Student (uncredited)
Jeffrey Corazzini as Police Officer (uncredited)
Michael Tow as Calculus Teacher (uncredited)
Adrian M. Mompoint as Jock (uncredited)
Kieran Tuomey as Student (uncredited)
Gabrielle Lorthe as Cheerleader (uncredited)
Yohanna Perez as Student (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 92

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	1	2
3 to 4	0	0
5 to 6	7	2
7 to 8	24	4
9 to 10	5	0
11 to 12	64	0
13 to 14	11	4
15 to 16	14	2
17 to 18	6	0
19 to 20	15	2
21 to 22	22	1
23 to 24	29	8
25 to 26	6	5
27 to 28	26	0
29 to 30	1	0
31 to 32	3	7
33 to 34	41	1
35 to 36	2	0
37 to 38	6	0
39 to 40	10	4
41 to 42	28	0
43 to 44	49	0
45 to 46	10	0
47 to 48	9	1
49 to 50	0	0
51 to 52	6	10
53 to 54	4	0
55 to 56	26	0
57 to 58	36	0
59 to 60	5	4
61 to 62	16	21
63 to 64	4	0
65 to 66	4	5
67 to 68	11	1
69 to 70	6	3
71 to 72	8	0
73 to 74	7	1
75 to 76	2	0
77 to 78	4	4
79 to 80	6	2
81 to 82	26	0
83 to 84	0	0
85 to 86	7	0
87 to 88	11	0
89 to 90	15	0
91 to 92	2	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

CHLOE: Yeah? HALLIE: I, for one, am intrigued but I've got to go get my sister.

WREN: How you doin' kid? LIZZIE: I wore the t-shirt you gave me to school. I got sent to the principal’s office. WREN: Well done.

CHLOE: Don't make any pregnancy jokes but I felt so nauseous this morning. I threw up twice. HALLIE: Have you been having nightmares? HALLIE: Have you? HALLIE: What was it?

CHLOE: It’s Katie we're waiting for? WREN: Yeah. I think. HALLIE: Did she seem weird to you today? WREN: Weird?

WREN: It cut me off! Her mailbox is full. HALLIE: She hasn't answered any of my texts, either. WREN: Oh, shit!! CHLOE: This is getting serious, people...

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 86 are women's.

595 lines from women, 94 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

11 women and 14 men in the cast. 9 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 6 of 731. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 8 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 87% of the words (4,063), men 13% (589). Women have 86% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 34% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Sylvain White (man)
Written by: David Birke (man)
Produced by: Bradley J. Fischer (man), Robyn Meisinger (woman), Sarah Snow (gender not listed), James Vanderbilt (man), William Sherak (man)
Shot by: Luca Del Puppo (man)
Edited by: Jake York (gender not listed)
Music by: Ramin Djawadi (man)
Production design by: Jeremy Woodward (man)
Costumes by: Deborah Newhall (woman)
Cast by: Nancy Nayor (woman)