Unfriended (2014)

An innovative take on the found footage genre, the film's POV is seen through one character's computer screen. The story is unraveled before our eyes in real time as if we were the ones moving the cursor around and typing in search bars. Instead of this feeling tired, it was fresh and really drew my attention. Plotwise it was almost too similar to the real life cyber bullying tragedy of Amanda Todd. The characters are stereotypical high school archetypes each with an obvious tell which leads to a series of poorly filmed death scenes. It's no surprise this was originally intended to air on MTV as the dialogue is juvenile and shallow. While I'm sure the filmmakers intended the glitchy video interference heavily featured throughout Unfriended to add a sort of familiar digital texture, it actually became abrasive to the eye. The promising and innovative concept is the only real highlight here. The suspense is lost in the second half as the horror degenerates into long pauses followed by jump scares and screaming matches between characters.

2 never have I evers out of 5