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Friend Request

2016 · 1h 32m · Horror, Thriller

IMDb 5.2 Metacritic 31 RT 17%

Skip it. 'Friend Request' is a paint-by-numbers horror thriller that mistakes a timely social media premise for actual originality—the curse-via-Facebook setup is more eye-rolling than unsettling, and the film squanders any potential by leaning on jump scares and tired supernatural clichés instead of genuine dread.

Plot

Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, Laura’s life is cursed...

Director: Simon Verhoeven

Cast: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Connor Paolo, William Moseley, Brit Morgan, Brooke Markham

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