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:

witch | suicide | facebook | funeral | betrayal | 

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Taglines:

Evil is Trending

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence, disturbing images, and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot in Cape Town, South Africa. Although the film was produced by the German director Simon Verhoeven and German production companies, the largely English-speaking cast required that the film be shot in English. Filming ended in March 2014.

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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]
Tyler: What happened to you?

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits we hear the sound of video message being received followed by otherworldly interference heard throughout the film

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Connections

References The Notebook (2004)

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Soundtracks

THE BEGINNING
Performed by Gary Go
Administered by Kobalt Music Group

User Reviews

Not horrible

Although I'm not a fan of the genre, I have to say that it was not as bad as I usually expect from horror movies. I watched it with no expectations whatsoever, and it was actually a mildly pleasant experience.

The movie revolves around the dark side of social media, how a lonely girl with no friends sends a friend request to a popular girl with a lot of friends, and it all kinda spirals from that. There are decent jump scares, the plot is a bit of a mess in my opinion, but the acting is quite good, with the lovely Alycia Debnam-Carey as the lead. It is well directed and the camera work is actually very good.

If you like this genre, you'll probably like this one. It's not as boring and thoughtless as most horror movies, and the theme is new and modern.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Friend Request

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$9,900,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,002,863, 24 September 2017

Gross USA:

$3,759,078

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,975,390

Company Credits

Production Co:

SevenPictures Film, Two Oceans Production (TOP), Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1