Review of Unfriended

"Unfriended," a teen slasher/found footage horror movie that uses an original concept of only having the characters be on the computer, takes horror movies to the next level. While its concept may have been the only thing that drove many to see it, the actual horror aspect of it was quite lacking. Horror movies are supposed to make the viewer uneasy, scared, and leaving the theater terrified. While many modern movies have failed to do this (due to lack of originality, in my opinion), Unfriended's concept may have started a new trend for horror movies. What was a stupid idea (when I first saw the trailer) turned average movie, Unfriended leaves viewers with a brutally good message: Don't cyberbully because it ruins lives. While Cyberbullying is a hurtful, and criminal (where I live), the horror twist on the new form of bullying, combined with the original concept of Skyping an entire movie, made it worthy of only five stars. In the scare, character development, plot, etc. departments, it was quite lacking; just your average, modern day horror film. One thing I would like to compliment it on is showing very little of what was happening to the characters as they died. All in all, it was just an average film but with a very interesting concept that didn't quite play out too well. Being generous, I'll give it 5 out of 10 stars.