Egerton’s script repurposes the famed and gruesome “Slenderman” Wisconsin stabbing case, a real-life juvenile crime committed in the online puppeteer’s name, for a new backwoods urban legend.
#MERCY BLACK LEGEND MOVIE#
Their latest surprise premiere? Owen Egerton’s Mercy Black, which is the “Slenderman” movie Slender Man should have been – like, eerily replicated. What she discovers is a very real and very deadly horror that will stop at nothing to claim her and her nephew.Įvery year (or less), Netflix and Blumhouse drop under-wraps collaborations without anything more than a social media blast. To save him, Marina must face her past and uncover the truth behind Mercy Black. Though she would rather leave the past buried, her nephew becomes increasingly obsessed with Mercy Black. Marina is haunted by what she has done and the phantom she imagined. Retrieved October 27, 2020.Starring Janeane Garofalo, Daniella Pineda, Elle LaMont, Miles Emmons, Dylan Gage, Austin Amelio, Lee Eddy, Rochelle Robinson, and Jessie Tilton. "Review: Don't watch the horror film 'Mercy Black' right before bed". "Netflix launches horror film Mercy Black from Austin filmmaker Owen Egerton". "Owen Egerton Gets Physical for Mercy Black". "Interview: Writer/Director Owen Egerton on Tapping into Childhood Nightmares and Netflix's Surprise Release of MERCY BLACK". William Bibbiani of IGN rated it 5.5/10 and wrote that the film fails to live up to its disturbing premise because of the poor writing and direction. Matthew Monagle of The Austin Chronicle rated it 2/5 stars and criticized the film for exploiting mental illness as a plot device instead of making intelligent observations. Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times compared it favorably to Slender Man, calling it "nerve-wracking throughout". Based on four reviews, Metacritic rated it 48/100, which it labels "mixed or average reviews". Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 45% of 11 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review the average rating is 4.6/10. Mercy Black was released on Netflix with no advance notice on March 31, 2019. Producers wanted the protagonist to be innocent, but Egerton told them that the story depended on facing one's past. Bell had been granted a new identity after being released from jail, but tabloid reporters discovered her new identity.
One of the inspirations for the story was Mary Bell, who had murdered two toddlers when she was a child. Writer-director Egerton said he began researching childhood crimes after the Slender Man stabbing. Bryce then stabs Lily in the eye and says "I made a promise" as Mercy Black appears behind him.
Marina tackles and begins choking her but releases her. Lily stabs Marina and threatens to slit Bryce's throat. She admits to hurting people to make Marina remember but Marina tells her that they made Mercy up. Lily is angry that she lived and Marina didn't finish her off as she promised. When Bryce flees out the door, he runs straight into the arms of the librarian, who turns out to be Lily Bellows, the girl Marina and Rebecca intended to sacrifice. After Marina arrives, Mercy Black attacks her.
While alone in the house, Bryce and Alice have an encounter with Mercy Black, leading to Alice falling over the stair rail. While Marina now believes that Mercy never existed, Bryce falls deeper into the delusion. Inside, she finds "the book you cannot read" and remembers that they created Mercy Black. Meanwhile, Marina follows the map through the woods, discovering old clues along the way that lead to a nuclear fallout shelter.
When he is involved in an incident with his "friend," he says "she told me to do it". When looking around Rebecca's room, Marina discovers an old map and Rebecca attacks her.īryce is brought home by the librarian after tearing up library books. When she goes to visit Rebecca to talk about what happened when they were children, she discovers that Rebecca attempted to hang herself and is now in a catatonic state. While facing her past to help Bryce avoid the same fate, Marina questions whether Mercy Black is merely a delusion of her own creation. Alice's son, Bryce, soon becomes obsessed with Mercy Black. To Marina's dismay, urban legends about Mercy Black have spread on the internet. Fifteen years later, Marina is released from a psychiatric hospital to her sister, Alice. As a teenager, Marina Hess and Rebecca Cline stabbed a classmate because Marina believed a ghost called Mercy Black would cure her mother's illness.
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