Friend Request (2016)

When a college student unfriends a mysterious girl online, she finds herself fighting a demonic presence that wants to make her lonely by killing her closest friends.

Director:

Simon Verhoeven

Writers:

Matthew Ballen, Philip Koch

Stars:

Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alycia Debnam-Carey	...	Laura
William Moseley	...	Tyler
Connor Paolo	...	Kobe
Brit Morgan	...	Olivia
Brooke Markham	...	Isabel
Sean Marquette	...	Gustavo
Liesl Ahlers	...	Marina
Shashawnee Hall	...	Det. Cameron
Susan Danford	...	Caroline
Lee Raviv	...	Marina (child)
Nicholas Pauling	...	Second Officer Dempsey
David Butler	...	Dr. Markham
Julian Katz	...	Bully 1
Kiano Janse van Rensburg	...	Bully 2
Dorothy Ann Gould	...	Elizabeth Palmer

Storyline

Popular college student Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) has tons of friends, both on Facebook and IRL. She graciously accepts social outcast Marina's (Liesl Ahlers) online friend request, until Marina crosses the line and Laura unfriends her. To everyone's shock, Marina takes her own life in a ritual meant to torment Laura, which appears in a video posted on Laura's profile. Even though it wasn't Laura who posted the video, or other creepy content that begins appearing on her page, her Facebook friend count begins to dwindle as a result. When her real-life friends start dying mysterious, cruel deaths, Laura must figure out how to break the deadly curse before it's too late.

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Plot Keywords:

mysterious | police investigation | suicide | ghost | supernatural power | 

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Taglines:

Evil is Trending

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence, disturbing images, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Wiedemann & Berg Film GmbH & Co KG [Germany]

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Unfriend

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$9,900,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,002,863, 24 September 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$3,759,046, 29 November 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion,Seven Pictures,Two Oceans Production (TOP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally titled "Unknown Error," the film was later renamed internationally to avoid confusion with Unfriended (2014). In Germany, Friend Request is titled "Unfriend" since Unfriended (2014) was released as "Unknown User" in that country.

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Goofs

When Tyler is using the computer to get Marina's information, on the Patient Records screen he puts "Marina" as the last name and "Nedifar" as the first name.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Marina: Laura... come to me

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits display signs of interference and images repeating

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: Friend Request/Leap! (2017)

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Soundtracks

THE BEGINNING
Performed by Gary Go
Administered by Kobalt Music Group

User Reviews

Actually better than I thought…

We were looking for a movie to watch that night and we couldn't find nothing. I finally stopped on this one, expecting it to be a kind of "so bad it's good" horror film or for the least, something we could have fun of… It turned out that it was actually not bad at all. Sure, that's not the horror movie of the year, but I still found some satisfaction watching it. The actors are good, the direction also. There's a kind of thrill at the beginning, but at some point it becomes very predictable. Still, I was pleasantly surprised by that movie, and it didn't turned out to be the joke I thought it would be. It was well done and I think it's worth seeing.