Unfriended (2014)

Director: Levan Gabriadze

Starring: Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson

A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend.

Yes, it is a unique idea and obviously very cheaply made and in a way a new take on the found footage genre. What shall we call this, PC footage? Judging by the box office takings, it proved to be a hit with the audience. Unfortunately, I hated it. This is one of those films where I’d have asked for my money back if I could.

The set-up alone wasn’t very credible. I mean, what a coincidence that all six people in the chat were people that essentially had something to do with Laura’s suicide. When all hell broke loose not one of these idiots thought of shutting down their computers, or unplugging them??? That would have been the sensible thing to do. Instead they kept chatting, and shouting, and scolding, and chatting, and shouting, and scolding…oh, whatever!

This might have worked as a 20-minute short, but as a feature film it became tedious and almost unbearable to watch.  So there were a few twists towards the end, whoopee-doo! By that time I couldn’t care less about any of the characters and wanted the Laura demon, ghost, entity, spirit or whatever the hell she was to get rid of the chatters so the movie could end.  This was not fun to watch. Hate it!

Oh, look, there’s a sequel coming…!