Unfriended

Unfriended is a horror film of modern day technology.   It begins with Blaire Lily (Shelley Hennig) skyping with her boyfriend Mitch played by Moses Jacob Storm.  Just as the online conversation begins to get racy, they are joined by three more friends and one unknown.  They repeatedly try to kick off the unknown but have no success.

The whole group was at a party one year earlier when Lily’s best friend, Laura, became drunk and passed out.  Someone was taping Laura and while she was passed out, bad things were done to her.  The whole thing ended up on You Tube causing Laura to commit suicide.

You are led to believe in the movie that the unknown chatter is Laura trying to get revenge from whomever videoed her.  She makes the whole group play a game where they must admit to secrets that the others are not aware of.  If they do not tell the truth, they will be killed. 

I thought this movie was different and fit in with today’s world.  The director started out strongly.  I enjoyed about the first half hour of this movie and then I began to fall asleep.  The direction seemed to get lazy and the actors were only so-so.  The idea was good but there was bad execution.  

I gave this movie two out of four stars.