Review of Unfriended (2014) by Horcrux2007 — 17 Apr 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 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.