Movie Review: “Unfriended” displays horrors of cyberbullying

Chau Nguyen

The first in the list of upcoming horror movies scheduled to be released this spring, “Unfriended” attracted a lot of attention not only from teenagers but people of all ages. It’s totally worth the wait.

High school students Blaire Lily (Shelley Hennig), her boyfriend. Mitch Roussel (Moses Storm) and her friends Jess (Renee Olstead), Adam (Will Peltz) and Ken (Jacob Wysocki) are talking on Skype when they are all stalked by an anonymous account.

Blaire and her friends are forced to play the game never have I ever by the stalker. But this time, the losers will be killed immediately. If you sign off you die, is one of the rules of the game.

This game, reveals truths and shows how the friends really treat each other.

With some terrific scenes along with the educational lessons, “Unfriended” is definitely worth watching.

There are many thriller movies that discuss bullying in school, yet it’s creative and clever how director Levan Gabriadze used social media to make a scary movie about cyber bullying.

The film illustrates that the issues of bullying have moved from school to the Internet.

The entirety of the movie takes place over Skype, YouTube, Spotify, iMessages, Facebook, and Chatroulette.

While watching the movie, students can relate to the characters, from personal online habits to the weekend parties.

The cast is new, but they bicker, argue, joke and curse, no different than the average American teenager.

“Unfriended” nails it. It finds new ways to exploit the internal problems of each character, making “Unfriended” different from other horror movies.

“Insidious” haunts viewers through the mysterious ghosts from the past, “The Grudge” haunts people through the images from the TV, while “Unfriended” has gone to the whole new level; scaring viewers through the computer screen.