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Unfriended
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Unfriended (originally titled Cybernatural) is a 2014 American screenlife supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Set on a computer screen, the film stars Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki, and Courtney Halverson as six high school students in a Skype conversation which is haunted by a student, played by Heather Sossaman, who was bullied by them and killed herself. The film is told almost entirely through a screencast of a MacBook.
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Unfriended is a 2014 American horror and thriller film directed by Levan Gabriadze. Produced by Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures, the movie was released in 2014 and 2015. It stars Shelley Hennig, Renee Olstead, Courtney Halverson, and Will Peltz. The narrative is set in California during the 2010s and explores themes of cyberbullying, revenge, online shaming, and group dynamics.
The film has a runtime of 83 minutes and was produced with a budget of 1,000,000. It grossed 64,056,643 at the box office. Critical assessments include a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 62%, a Metacritic score of 59 out of 100, and an IMDb rating of 5.6 out of 10. The movie is rated R and has won three awards with six nominations. It is followed by Unfriended: Dark Web.
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Film · TMDB
5.5While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.
Cast
- Shelley Hennig as Blaire Lilly
- Heather Sossaman as Laura Barns / "billie227"
- Renee Olstead as Jess Felton
- Matthew Bohrer as Matt
- Moses Storm as Mitch Roussel
- Will Peltz as Adam Sewell
Themes
- suicide
- computer
- bullying
- underage drinking
- revenge
- betrayal
- internet
- internet chat
- humiliation
- death
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Ratings
IMDb
5.6/10
86,472 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Film.name
- Unfriended
- Film.image
- Unfriended (2014) original poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Leo Gabriadze
- Film.writer
- Nelson Greaves
- Film.cinematography
- Adam Sidman
- Film.distributor
- Universal Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 83 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $1 million
- Film.gross
- $62.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- screenlife
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Unfriended: Dark Web
- Main subject
- Suicide
- Director
- Levan Gabriadze
- Cast member
- Konstantin Khabensky
- Producer
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 83
- FilmAffinity ID
- 723838
- Official website
- www.uphe.com/movies/unfriended
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- publication date
- 2015-07-16
- title
- Unfriended
- capital cost
- 1000000
- box office
- 64056643
- set in period
- 2010s
- review score
- 59/100
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Marketing
- Home media
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical reception
- Sequel
- See also
- References
- External links
Unfriended (originally titled Cybernatural) is a 2014 American screenlife supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Set on a computer screen, the film stars Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki, and Courtney Halverson as six high school students in a Skype conversation which is haunted by a student, played by Heather Sossaman, who was bullied by them and killed herself. The film is told almost entirely through a screencast of a MacBook.
The film premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 20, 2014, and was theatrically released by Universal Pictures in the United States on April 17, 2015. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a massive box-office success, grossing $62.9million against a $1million budget. A stand-alone sequel, Unfriended: Dark Web, was released in 2018.
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