Unfriended

Name: Unfriended
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: April 17, 2015
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Courtney Halverson, Heather Sossaman, Jacob Wysocki, Matthew Bohrer, Mickey River

2015

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 17, 2015 | R

Starring: Courtney Halverson, Heather Sossaman, Jacob Wysocki, Matthew Bohrer, Mickey River, Moses Jacob Storm, Renee Olstead, Shelley Hennig, William Peltz

Summary: While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself a year earlier. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.

Director: Levan Gabriadze

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 83 min

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Calum Marsh

Apr 7, 2015

When the genre-film spectacle arrives, it's in full force, and the strictures of the framing device manage to amplify, rather than suppress, the impact of the shocks and scares. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Apr 15, 2015

Unfriended commits to its idea and continually finds new ways to creatively exploit it, building the tension as each character reveals his or her own dark deeds, thus justifying the brutal vendettas visited upon them. Read full review

Clark Collis

Apr 16, 2015

Though not particularly ground-breaking — last year’s Elijah Wood-starring Open Windows pulled the same trick, and much more ambitiously — we’re still going to “like” the result. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Apr 16, 2015

It reminds you that today’s horror movies still owe a great debt to Val Lewton, the producer of cheapie classics like “Cat People” (1942) and a virtuoso of shadows who realized that audiences could be entertained if the characters they watched looked like them. “Unfriended” doesn’t have Lewton’s poetry. Yet the filmmakers understand that one way into an audience’s head and nervous system is to fill the screen with the kind of “insipidly normal characters” (as the critic Manny Farber described Lewton’s) you’re happy to see shiver and scream. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Apr 17, 2015

Even though Unfriended begins to cheat, springing loud noises and gory cutaways that can’t be explained, there’s a rigor to its dopey, blood-simple conception that you might smile at. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Apr 17, 2015

A horror pic with a new gimmick that likely will spawn an entire subgenre of more substandard rubbish. Read full review

Michael Ordona

Apr 16, 2015

There’s no one to root for, not even the dead girl. Nothing seems important enough. Read full review

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horcrux2007

Apr 18, 2015

It Follows may have been classier, but Unfriended is by far one of the scariest and most intense movies since Paranormal Activity. The film relies on so much effective tension and well-timed jump scares that the entire movie is intense and often disturbing throughout its 82 minute runningIt Follows may have been classier, but Unfriended is by far one of the scariest and most intense movies since Paranormal Activity. The film relies on so much effective tension and well-timed jump scares that the entire movie is intense and often disturbing throughout its 82 minute running time. Buffering and slow download speeds have never been more terrifying. Unfriended is so realistic that you feel like you're in the conversation the entire movie. Whenever the characters are yelling and arguing with each other, you feel uncomfortable as if you're caught in the middle of it, and a sadistic game of Never Have I Ever will make you never want to play the party game again. The actors talk to each other exactly how teenagers would in real life, and the fears of your biggest secrets being irreversibly exposed online are all too real in this movie. There were a lot of scenes in this where I was deeply uncomfortable because of those real-world fears. You might miss some of the more disturbing aspects of the film if you're not from this technology-obsessed generation, but Unfriended is an extremely scary and disturbing film that you won't want to press ctrl-alt-del on.… Expand

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BillClinton

May 10, 2015

It's almost jarring to see SEGA finally deliver on their generation-old promises that SEGA "does what Nintendon't." They have finally re-purposed Sonic as a platforming mascot that is, for the first time in ages, wildly definable by its own merits instead of trying to play catch up, tagalongIt's almost jarring to see SEGA finally deliver on their generation-old promises that SEGA "does what Nintendon't." They have finally re-purposed Sonic as a platforming mascot that is, for the first time in ages, wildly definable by its own merits instead of trying to play catch up, tagalong or sorority sister with its mustachio partner in crime. Instead, Sonic Generations decides to ditch the plight of spending decades chasing Mario's happy go lucky hop and bop, vacational romps through paradise in favor of a vigorously fast and unforgiving speed drive through dystopia that honors expertise over bubbly luck.… Expand

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bfoore90

Dec 16, 2019

Essentially "The Blair Witch Project" redone in 2015 with elements of cyber bulling, teen drama and revenge. Shelley Hennig is the clear acting standout here in this simple but effective horror film.

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TVJerry

Apr 21, 2015

This is the latest variation on revenge thrillers: 6 high school friends are chatting online, when a former classmate (who recently killed herself) joins their conversation to seek payback. What makes this concept so unique is the point of view: one girl's computer screen. All the actionThis is the latest variation on revenge thrillers: 6 high school friends are chatting online, when a former classmate (who recently killed herself) joins their conversation to seek payback. What makes this concept so unique is the point of view: one girl's computer screen. All the action takes place via Skype, YouTube, Facebook, Google, other popular internet-based apps, even Spotify for the soundtrack. That's interesting, but then you have to put up with the teens who constantly over-dramatize, freak out and scream a lot. The murder moments are just that, quick brutal forced suicides…even too short for today's abbreviated attention spans. It's pretty much a clever one-note notion without any surprises or suspense.… Expand

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JeBjBo

Feb 14, 2022

"Unfriended" is worse than I remembered. I had fun with this cheesy little movie the first time, but on second viewing the characters are really unpleasant.

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SuperWooper

Apr 19, 2015

With the idea of moving a horror film into social media and the internet, it gives you an opportunity to watch a film in a more realistic way. In fact, you can give it an even more realistic feeling in the comfort of your own home!

All you need is 5 other friends, and 5 laptops. Have youWith the idea of moving a horror film into social media and the internet, it gives you an opportunity to watch a film in a more realistic way. In fact, you can give it an even more realistic feeling in the comfort of your own home!

All you need is 5 other friends, and 5 laptops. Have you and 4 of your friends Skype each other while the 6th friend goes around and screws with everybody's computers, killing the other players one at a time with items you can find around the house! If you're the last one to die, then you've successfully watched the entire movie. Now all you need is 4 new friends and you can watch it again! It would be more exciting and scary to do that then sit and stare at a tv screen of a computer screen.… Expand

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Luka1998010

Jul 20, 2018

F***ing really ? You gotta be kidding me.
Even after watching the damn trailer my eyes and head hurt.
A horror movie can`t be something that is happening in front of a f***ing computer on Skype ! Just pull the plug and load the credits!
This is the worst,cringiest "horror" movie of all time.

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