Unfriend

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Unfriend

R

2017

1h 32m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Laura is a popular college student who graciously accepts an online friend request from Marina, a young social outcast. To everyone's shock, Marina takes her own life after Laura decides to unfriend her. Soon, a disturbing and mysterious video appears on Laura's profile and her contacts slowly dwindle. When her friends suddenly begin to die one by one, the frightened young woman must figure out a way to stop the carnage before it's too late.

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Critics Consensus

Friend Request's attempts to update old-school teen horror for the digital age do not, sadly, include memorable characters, fresh scares, or novel storytelling twists.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Sep 28, 2017

It's a film devoid of subtext, which is especially disappointing given that the subtext would have been so easy to incorporate.

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Josh Kupecki

Austin Chronicle

Sep 28, 2017

0.5/5

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Matthew Rozsa

Salon.com

Sep 23, 2017

1.5/4

The characters aren't as obnoxious and unlikable as the ones in "Smiley" and "Unfriended," but then again, bland and forgettable is only a marginally preferable alternative.

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Jun 8, 2021

1.5/4

Friend Request is an attempt to get the Halloween crowd a few weeks early, but it's the type of invitation you should just ignore.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

Dec 11, 2020

Friend Request won't go down in history as great horror cinema but it will provide above-average returns for those seeking frights and thrills in the dark with their friends and sweethearts.

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

Jul 1, 2020

C+

Functional, if uninspired.

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Rowan C

@RowanC3 Sep 14, 2026

Unfriend/Friend Request has a lot of hate, but I think it is simply a mediocre movie. I have watched the two Unfriended movies, and I do like this style of horror. Laura Woodson (Alycia Debnam-Carey) is a popular student who gets her friends into a lot of trouble after she unfriends the crazy stalker Marina Mills (Liesl Ahlers). It seems that once Marina killed herself, she cursed Laura and her friends so that Laura would be lonely forever. In this movie, all of her friends suffer horrible deaths, and she did try to stop it, but she was way too late. Instead of just killing Laura, she decides to make her share the same fate. The ending to me was very predictable, because she did specifically state that she was going to be lonely. It's not a great movie, but I certainly wouldn't say I absolutely hated it. I thought the jump scares were pretty good, and some of them were actually scary. Overall, the goal of the movie was to make Laura's life miserable, and Marina did exactly that.

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Sakshi S

@Poofyryu Feb 22, 2026

It was really good thriller, unique plot too. Actors have done a great job. I don't understand the criticism at all, it was an amazing watch. Easily on my top 5s.

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dede W.

@RT37612585 Feb 21, 2026

Man this move was good, this had some good jumpscares, that ending got me tho!

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Shannon F

@Shannond Aug 29, 2025

Besides a few jump scares, this movie is horrible. The artwork's pretty cool but the movie really doesn't make much sense it flip-flops everywhere and the ending was bad.

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Amanda B

@RT83170223 Mar 13, 2025

It has some cool visuals but overall the story just doesn't make much sense. And that ending... ugh. The motivations were non existent and the characters were all pretty flat.

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Larry L

@RT53584283 Jan 22, 2025

I've seen many bad reviews for this. This movie is more interesting than many that get big reviews like today like, Longlegs .RT is a mess like everything in the world now. Getting paid to give good reviews for bad movies.

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Synopsis

Laura is a popular college student who graciously accepts an online friend request from Marina, a young social outcast. To everyone's shock, Marina takes her own life after Laura decides to unfriend her. Soon, a disturbing and mysterious video appears on Laura's profile and her contacts slowly dwindle. When her friends suddenly begin to die one by one, the frightened young woman must figure out a way to stop the carnage before it's too late.

Director: Simon Verhoeven
Producer: Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann
Screenwriter: Matthew Ballen, Philip Koch, Simon Verhoeven
Distributor: Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: Seven Pictures, Two Oceans Production, Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion
Rating: R (Horror Violence|Disturbing Images|Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 22, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.8M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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