i absolutely love webcam-based horror i think it's such a thrilling sub-genre
which is weird because i hate films like paranormal activity where
there's paranormal activity caught on camera
but with the webcam set up i think it's so great because it's in your face
and unfriended was maybe the first one that i saw
certainly one of the first few that i saw that really made me fall in love
with this subgenre of horror this film was
released in 2014 and i have seen the sequel i will talk
about that at a later date
the film's written by
levin i apologize if that is incorrect and and written by nelson graves
and the description for my imdb i will give that a quick read
just to give you a little insight into what it's about
a group of online chat a group of online chat room friends
find themselves haunted by a mysterious supernatural force using the account of
their dead friend sounds chilling doesn't it and that's
because it is it's only got a 5.5 out of 10 on imdb
which is
reasonable enough i think a lot of people just don't like webcam horror
films which is perfectly fine but for me i was really compelled by
this the scenes surrounding the friend
this this supernatural force by this friend
are really good i like that person as a character we're not meant to like the
character but i like to watch this character's identity unfold and find out
more about them and their backstory of what they're doing
now and how it can be caused what um because this is about a
supernatural force i didn't think i would like it i
do tend to prefer the webcam horrors where it's you know where it's like
burglars and people playing mind games and
you watch that unfold through the screen but this worked really really well
and it the climax was incredible and that's really important with a
horror because if you're left feeling not scared it kind of dilutes the
quality of the rest of the film but this i watched this in the dark and
as much as i regret doing that i also think it's the best way to watch it
and if you watched on a laptop a computer screen
that is the best way to watch this because it's like you're involved in
this webcam chat in this web chat it's fantastic does it rely on jump
scares
not entirely but like most camera based horrors that are jump scares
the characters are all well acted i wasn't really that bothered about
any of the characters apart from the supernatural
dead friend but they're all kind of they all they all have a role to play
and they're all well acted but really they're not the people i was
the most interested in but it does give you a really interesting look into why
this friend is vengeful and it does make you question people's
actions so it's not just a jump-scare fun-for-all horror
film it does have a slightly deeper meaning
which which is great i never asked for that
but i never asked for that with horror because i'm not there to think i'm not
there to overanalyze i'm there to be scared but when it's
there as an extra brilliant so this film for me ticks all
of the boxes and as i said this really got me into
like webcam that we've had the more recent
uh host from shutter which was absolutely sensational
this film is just as good as that in my opinion i loved it i thought it was
fabulous if you haven't seen it if you're new to
the horror genre i'd say maybe watch something else first
to build up your tolerance because this will give you nightmares otherwise
but if you like horror and you're ready to explore the webcam genre or you're
already fan of webcam films you must see this one it's incredible it
will give you chills it will make you never want to
use a webcam again