An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No spoilers! If you would like spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic.
Today we’re looking at 2014’s Unfriended
A group of friends, each with their own secrets, are on a video call when they’re contacted by an unknown account and an account of their dead classmate.
Is Unfriended Scary?
Unfriended has very few good jump scares and relies on a lot of suspense to create fear; it doesn’t work too well. In the end you won’t leave Unfriended afraid of your computer unless you still use Facebook and Skype, but in that case, no one can help you.
Review:
Unfriended is okay but keep in mind, I had very low hopes for it. The acting is passable, there are a few scenes where most of the actors are overacting and you can’t help but rolling your eyes.
The dialogue is okay but weird at times and you’re confused as to why people are saying certain things. The story was alright but seeing as you’ll be watching someone’s screen, there are a lot of boring lingering shots of, what I assume, is the main character looking at there screen. Go on and stare at your screen for a few seconds while you move your mouse around, entertained? That happens often in this movie and it detracts from the good parts.
The worst part of the movie is everyone’s camera is constantly lagging or buffering. Audio cuts out and you constantly hear the clicks of cell phone interference. I get it, it’s supposed to help build horror but the effect becomes extremely annoying and ruins multiple scenes.
Despite all of this, the best part of the movie is the suspense it builds, unfortunately most of the suspense is towards the last half.
Overall I only recommend Unfriended if you’re looking to watch a horror movie, but you’re pretty tired and you don’t know if you’re about to fall asleep, so you want to watch something that you don’t care if you get invested in or not.
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