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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

5.5

While 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.

Released: 2014-06-1883 minDir: Levan GabriadzeHorror, MysteryBudget: $1.0MBox office: $64.4MPart of: Unfriended Collection

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
Suicide
Production company
Universal Pictures
Narrative location
California
Duration
83
FilmAffinity ID
723838
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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
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • 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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