‘Friend Request’ Tries to be good but turns out to be quite bad
I get to see my share of horror films each year. Most of them are not that great, nor are they usually scary either. Sometimes I see one though that turns out to be surprisingly good. I didn’t have high hopes going into Friend Request. I was able to this film early and here is what I thought of it.
You can read the plot for Friend Request here:
Popular college student Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) has tons of friends, both on Facebook and IRL. She graciously accepts social outcast Marina’s (Liesl Ahlers) online friend request, until Marina crosses the line and Laura unfriends her. To everyone’s shock, Marina takes her own life in a ritual meant to torment Laura, which appears in a video posted on Laura’s profile. Even though it wasn’t Laura who posted the video, or other creepy content that begins appearing on her page, her Facebook friend count begins to dwindle as a result. When her real-life friends start dying mysterious, cruel deaths, Laura must figure out how to break the deadly curse before it’s too late.
Friend Request gets 2/10. I really didn’t like this movie. The story is really messy, and goes in some weird directions. The cast does the best they can, but there was nothing they could do to save this film. It was a clever concept on paper, and the ending was a bit surprising. Those are the only nice things I can say about it though. It wasn’t even that scary, and became predictable rather quickly. This is one of those rare films I would recommend you just avoid all together. Yet if you do want to learn more about Friend Request you can click on this website.
Friend Request is out now. You can follow this film on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.