Midnight Screenings - Unfriended

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[@KiraMustDie26]

I feel that _all_ bad movies should have Bugs Bunny at the end.

[@TheZipperDragon]

+KiraMustDie26 Too bad Looney Toons: Back in action didnt have him...

[@rogerpuzzitiello5175]

Imagine at the end of The Room after Johnny shoots himself it then ends Looney Tunes style with Porky Pig saying "that's all folks!"

[@connieknatt]

random, but I love your profile pic. Long live L

[@benjaminmenken5693]

Tha...that..that's all folks!!

[@FischerFilmStudio]

When Sarah popped her head out I busted out laughing for no reason 😂

[@randalgraves6979]

She did say that? Lol. Ok. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@robertwelliver3717]

I can honestly say that when Sarah popped up, out of nowhere, *- That -* " jump scare "was " scarier " and more surprising than *ANYTHING* in the movie. Lmao XD

[@kaceyh97]

This seems like a really good concept for a spoof movie. Where the ghost is just screwing with her computer playing different wildly inappropriate songs to what's happening on screen. I feel like that could work.

[@joshdaly7599]

Unfriended is a good competitor for best comedy of 2015.

[@nevet1212]

I love the way Brad just laughs at rage

[@kacklemackle1660]

The ending felt a little too much like Five Nights at Freddy's.

[@XenretheVague]

Now I just picture the ghost as a hideous yellow chicken femmebot.

[@NATE-op9tq]

At least in Five Nights at Freddies I didn't have to hear obnoxious "teenagers". Or chat roulette.

[@morganliffers4567]

I actually love this movie in a guilty pleasure kind of way.

[@benjamingreenwood7370]

Faving solely for the gold that is Ghost Sarah in the back.

[@vfxfan]

the Universal studio logo was probably more expensive to make than this movie.

[@blaisetelfer8499]

Somehow, this cost $1,000,000 to make. I honestly cannot think of what would cost that much when everything is filmed on $50 webcams.

[@Natalie-qm3ys]

The rights to use real-life apps and websites probably

[@kilgoredonner2214]

Internet ghosts, huh? Better get the red tape!

[@goa141no6]

Jack Rose Presents Modern Classics Entertainment I don't what is it?

[@trevorhensley3185]

goa141 No Phelous' review of this "movie".

[@BRUISERBROWNBRAND]

Pulse

[@buttersstotch407]

Somebody please make the bugs bunny edit

[@Greendalewitch]

And then send it to Dave.

[@RiderNexus]

and post it to the internet

[@TheZipperDragon]

I love how they called that the visit was gonna be awesome!

[@fortblocks]

"Get's haunted by TrollGhost" *Gets out of human body* You've discovered my secret.

[@fervalencia30]

It was an entertaining experiment. Turning the ghost into a freaking troll was hilarious, and it was way better than The Gallows and shit like that.

[@CamsEyeView]

+Fernando Valencia You see, you respect the idea, which the snob always seems to hate on when a film tries something different. Heck, that's the big problem with everyone on the site. They sound like self entitled snobs who can't respect an experimental idea.

[@starwarsnerd100]

+CamsEyeView You seem to have a problem separating "Brad Jones-actual human being" from "Cinema Snob-character that Brad Jones plays."

[@CamsEyeView]

starwarsnerd100 Not really, his character is pretty much based on his personal opinion on film in general. Why would you make a character that wasn't based off an amalgamation of your own personal opinions?

[@starwarsnerd100]

CamsEyeView . . . Have you actually seen his Snob episodes? The Snob is obviously as much a character as Stephen Colbert. Hell just look at his Friday the 13th reviews were he makes fun of Ebert's reviews and he's dripping with sarcasm.

[@CamsEyeView]

starwarsnerd100 Yeah I have, but he seems like a snob outside his character.

[@wingsandash]

I'm with Dave. Anyone giving Unfriended good reviews has no idea what good cinema is.

[@briankelly130]

Then I guess I have no idea what good cinema is.

[@nsinghize]

Ghost Sarah was better than any other jump scares in these fucking awful movies

[@troin3925]

I’ve never heard of “Never have I ever,” until I saw this movie.

[@randalgraves6979]

You must not watch Family Guy. They did it on there.

[@josephblumenberg6574]

I usually never get angry at movies... but this one... infuriates me so much!

[@Jayfeather189]

I saw this movie during a lecture for an Intro to Cinema class at NYU. The TA picked it out. So, imagine the anger you felt paying the standard movie ticket price, but with the fact that I was paying thousands of dollars for tuition to see this piece of shit.

[@POLE7645]

It feels more like a movie that should be Direct to Video or Netflix (especially on a computer). It shouldn't have been in a theater.

[@andrewblanchard2537]

NEVER HAVE I EVER WANTED TO SEE THIS MOVIE NO SERIOUSLY NEVER EVER

[@Natalie-qm3ys]

I feel like this concept of the entire thing being viewed on a computer screen works better for a video game than a film.

[@sxhbk]

And doug walker loved this movie? no surprise there tho

[@CamsEyeView]

+sxhbk The Snob is a, well, Snob. He really doesn't seem to enjoy a whole lot anyway

[@CamsEyeView]

***** Oh yeah, I should take a guy who reviews porn and crappy exploitation films opinion on film seriously. get out of here you troll

[@CamsEyeView]

***** I just respect the idea is all. i mean, at least we are not getting another Paranormal Activity film. I mean, I hope we don't...

[@CamsEyeView]

+MadCap Productions ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff is it too late to say that Hollywood is out of ideas? Hope Unfriended doesn't turn into this kind of thing. It might not have been a great movie, but it was a curious experiment. Horror has been kind of dead in the water with the exception of a few films that i have seen these past few years. Sadly, it seems like Hollywood is trying to find the next big Saw franchise or some kind of horror film they can make more sequels with.

[@alextromagnetic]

+CamsEyeView except that's a character. Brad seems to like a lot of stuff.

[@geoffreysorkin5774]

The talk about The Visit is funny in retrospect. That was the first good movie for Shyamalan since Signs, and then came Split, and suddenly it feels like 99-2002 again.

[@superactionboy9993]

the movie is absolutely fine

[@annonymousmaniaciii]

They highly recommended The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Counselor, and Oblivion. Their tastes are a little too removed from mine, which is fine.

[@PainfulSuffering]

Everyone likes 1 bad Shamalan movie, and they usually can't explain why...

[@alexmeyer5260]

I'd love to see Brad debate this movie with Chris Stuckmann, as Stuckmann really loved this movie, giving it a B+.

[@trevorhensley3185]

Hey, Dave, if you liked that, you're going to LOVE the sequel!

[@TheBonkleFox]

(looks it up on imdb) What do you mean Blaire is alive?! now the jumpscare at the end makes even less sense!

[@whatiftherewasanun]

Mortal Kombat: Unfriendhilation

[@modernmarveler]

I was in one of the college test groups where we got to see the movie for free and take a survey. I liked it I mean it wasn't amazing but for a cheesy horror movie about horrible people getting killed in horrible ways it wasn't bad .

[@moomoopuppy5810]

If Bugs Bunny was drenched in blood a la Nicolas Cage in the drivers seat in Mandy.

[@shizuwolf]

I thought it was like "The Happening". It's so hilariously bad, it's good.

[@Avarn388]

I won't lie; I hated this movie when I saw it in theaters. But recently rewatching it, while I still am not a fan(more mixed), I can see why people like this film. For one thing, I'm happy it used the actual Facebook, KZbin and all the other stuff we use. I understand many films cannot use that due to licensing/copyright fees, but this was a nice touch. And I won't lie; the computer gimmick was interesting. Particularly, I liked the scenes with the main character typing one thing and then erasing it. And I'll admit I agree with Doug Walker that the buildup for a lot of the scares was excellent. Very good use of tension. But in all honestly, everything else sucks. The actual kills look so stupid. They should have gone for more mysterious off deaths. It would have fit the tone of the movie. Also, the characters suck. Not one person is decent. And I get it. It's to showcase how teenagers suck and how Cyberbulling is not cool. Heck, I remember once being Cyberbullied, but that was a long time ago and I ignored it. But why not have at least one decent character. Just one. It would have balanced out the amount of stupidity these characters display. And the ending, while is fine, is just another goddam jump scare. Seriously, Blumhouse and many horror films need to stop doing this. It looses its value. If anything, the scare is not necessarily due to anything horrific or thought-provoking. Rather, it surprises you. So, yes. I agree. It's a cool concept, but marred up horrible characters, and terrible payoff on other wise excellent tension.

[@jamesgreen9328]

+Stoned Gremlin Productions why is sarah siting in the back did she see the movie or is she waiting for some one or are you her ride home

[@KaristaSwiss]

I ;oved this move :

[@sergeantceltic6886]

turns out, this movie costed $1 million to make. just figured I'd put that out there

[@Never_heart]

Welcome to copyright purchasing

[@YuzuruA]

you can find lots of videos made for youtube with better plot, budget, actors and made for almost nothing

[@Andrew_Thannen]

Just googled. Budget for the movie was $1 million. So yes a bit more than $10,000.

[@missnwo9563]

It was also a 1 million budget i couldn't believe it was that high even

[@alexmeyer5260]

+MissNWO That's pretty low for most movies these days, though.

[@alexanderfreeman3406]

But for 6 d-list actors to sit in front of GoPros for two weeks? Especially considering how bad the editing was, I can't see how they spent that much.

[@alexmeyer5260]

Alexander Freeman ( think the $1 million came from trying to make it look like it was entirely set on Skype.

[@alexanderfreeman3406]

Picture-in-picture edits aren't hard.

[@KageMaxwell]

Sarah is the best cyber ghost ever!

[@reggiepark3155]

+Stoned Gremlin Productions : I didn't hate this movie, I did kind of dig it for it's novelty but I couldn't shake the image of this ghost/demon/tormented soul, sitting in Hells Starbucks or Coffee shop, messing with her friends, with the devil or some other angry spirits giggling behind her, liking her posts. Seriously, think about it, who helped give the ghost in this movie all of the Facebook shares?? They have computers in Hell? Is one of the judgements working for eternity at an Apple Store? I couldn't stop laughing to myself thinking of that scenario. To anyone who read this comment, and has either seen the movie, or wants to watch it out of curiosity, keep what I said in mind, it makes the movie so much more entertaining.

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

Pretty sure the jump scare at the end is the main girl closing her computer and just screaming at the audience, not the ghost girl. That's what it says when you look up the film's synopsis and plot on movie sites anyway....

[@TheZipperDragon]

You could've had that jumpscare ending. Have one character besides the main still alive, & have the Jumpscare on them...Fuck, i'm a chef, & I could do better.

[@xentenial]

Okay... maybe this is a stupid question, but why would a rumor about Blair having an eating disorder look bad on Blair's part? I mean, it's not like an STD or something. It's not contagious, it's not something she did, it's a depressing disorder that people need help with.

[@kartoonfanatic]

I have no idea, either. Having an eating disorder is something people don't typically mock others for, unless I'm just ignorant.

[@nerdcontrol22]

Blair didn't seem too bright anyways, though maybe maybe she was forced into counseling or something? Some people mock eating disorders but unless it's changed from when I was in high school an eating disorder rumor isn't exactly going to ruin your reputation.

[@XenretheVague]

Because Dinosaurs, obviously. Seriously, why did *any* of this shit need to exist?

[@RobAGabor]

Maybe not as much now, but in the past EDs were seen by many as rich-white-girl diseases... IOW, not really diseases. See Superstar:The Karen Carpenter Story if you can find a copy. (Wikipedia says it was "sympathetic" to Karen. I don't think using dolls to represent the characters and whittling away at the Karen doll to make her look anorexic was sympathetic at all. It was obviously done for laughs.)

[@Avnirvana1]

It's clear the characters are not likable

[@LittleB2007]

Those kids open seven hundred windows on their computer and do skype, text, line, google, youtube, facebook, twitter, phone and so much more simultaneously. Is that really what an average American teenager does on a daily basis?? I'd go completely bonkers if I had to do that to stay in a social circle :(

[@cassiereno114]

The movie seems like it could've worked as a mystery-horror.

[@alexanderfreeman3406]

Just have to point out that this movie was definitely NOT ad-libbed. The actors were reading the script and receiving texts from the directors the entire time.

[@johnnyraven7980]

I thought it was different. I enjoyed it. I liked the film. I don't understand the hate for this movie or The Gallows. I liked that movie too. Unfriended did something a bit different with lost footage.

[@greyrose6097]

Just for the fun of it, make an edit of a jump scare when Sarah appears lol

[@RysisYeenStreams]

Budget was 1 million USD ... HOW!?

[@jamiekamihachi3135]

Probably getting all the rights to use real brand names.

[@marinajoestar267]

The rating went down 61% now..should be lower in my opinion.

[@KidSnivy69]

Way lower!

[@XenretheVague]

"Unoriginal? I don't know. I've never seen a Skype horror movie before." Don't worry, Brad. You still haven't.

[@ariesdemiurge]

Question... how do you shoehorn in the plot to your entire movie?

[@TheZipperDragon]

If you watch closely (Why you would, I don't know) you can notice that the people on skype either arent talking, or start to get up, & shit like that. Only positive, they didn't think that 'Internet Static' is a thing.

[@alexanderfreeman3406]

Umm... No. They very clearly ARE talking and they just cut the sound out to try and make it "tense". Seriously, this is one of the worst edited movies I've ever seen.

[@TheZipperDragon]

Alexander Freeman Not all the time. There are points where their lips don't move but they're talking.

[@TheZipperDragon]

Watch Phelan's review.

[@TheNobody-ru5xg]

TFW The Visit was pretty decent.

[@TheZipperDragon]

There's a sequel planned. -.- I lost all faith in humanity.

[@jackrose4130]

I have to disagree with you you. Its not great but its not terrible either. I enjoyed it

[@burgerkingfootlettuce3751]

It's a piece of shit

[@alexmeyer5260]

+Jack Rose I gave it a 5 out of 10. Interesting story and message, but irredeemable characters.

[@natekarpowicz2825]

Actually Blaire said: Yousaid it was Val. Jess what are you doing?! Why would You do that to me?! Jess was all, FUCK YOU! to Blaire when she crash Jess'es mothers car.

[@MauricioVasquezSpirits]

Brad doesn't get that this movie is about shitty people getting called out online. What. A. Surprise.

[@alexmeyer5260]

I didn't hate this movie as much as Brad and Dave, but I didn't like it as much as Mark Ellis or Chris Stuckmann. It's a 5 out of 10 for me.

[@alexanderfreeman3406]

As badly written, acted, and edited as this movie is, there is no way I could agree that it's average.

[@inlovewithJLT]

I loved this movie. I felt like I could relate to the characters and situations. It built great suspense for me and I really did care about the characters. That ending where the full video is posted and everyone comments on it was haunting. The ghost said "this will stay here forever". She's not just killing the girl, she's killing her reputation and memory.

[@SharkAlien66]

Right on man, it's good to form your own opinions.

[@alexanderfreeman3406]

How did you care about these people? What was even remotely sympathetic about them? I'm genuinely curious, because to me they were the douchiest, most moronic group of characters I have ever seen in a film.

[@inlovewithJLT]

Alexander Freeman I'm a teacher and I know kids like this. It's easy to say they were just plain assholes but honestly, who hasn't gotten with their friends and talked shit? Who can say they never kept secrets from friends? I know we all like to say "I would never x, y, or z" but if we really examine ourselves or ask those around us what they thought of us in our youth the honest results would probably be very humbling. The only character who I can't remember caring for was the first guy who died. The rest, at least in some way, showed humanity either in their feelings of remorse, betrayal, or fear.

[@SharkAlien66]

inlovewithJLT​ My only issue is I don't believe the film set up any of the characters as people I could bring myself to care about. Not that there is anything wrong with your interpretation of the film. It's just to me, I feel like a Horror film really has to get you to invest in the characters in order for their demise to have any impact. In Unfriended I never felt that. I don't believe they were ever characterized beyond shallow stock Horror movie teenagers with the added benefit off airing dirty laundry and bickering amongst friends.

[@alexanderfreeman3406]

I'm sorry, but you're just a shitty person if you can't say you wouldn't do what these kids did. I can say WITHOUT A DOUBT IN MY MIND that I would NEVER steal $800 from someone, let alone a friend, or tell a someone to kill themselves, or rape someone and then force them to have an abortion. It's like you're willing to assume they have redeeming qualities despite everything in the movie telling you they don't.

[@CamsEyeView]

I think it's interesting, not the best thing ever, but it is an interesting idea. you guys are literal snobs.

[@burgerkingfootlettuce3751]

It's pretty damn bad dude

[@burgerkingfootlettuce3751]

+MadCap Productions anything is more superior than this train wreck.

[@SharkAlien66]

+MadCap Productions +James Rennick Meh, I don't think too highly of the film but there is no reason to bash the guy's opinion.

[@SharkAlien66]

***** Not Brad's opinion, CamsEyeView's. I would probably agree with Brad more, but I doubt that CamsEye is the only one who enjoyed it. *coff* Doug Walker *coff*coff*

[@CamsEyeView]

Harley Dirk I mean, it's a stretch in the overall execution, but any horror that tries something different in the horror genre is at least admirable. I don't really hate it as much as Brad does, but i don't think it was the best thing ever either.

[@buildafineshrine]

Unfriended is such a weird choice for a theatrical movie, but it'd probably work as like, a visual novel for PC? The typing would work better and you could choose dialogue or play as the ghost even? Just shouldn't have been a movie smh

[@GarryWilliams555]

damn, think this is the first time I have disagreed with you lol I loved it.

[@earthpart3]

"every movie is bad!"

[@user-wk7vs9kv2n]

Well, it's a movie by a russian producer, who later made a movie about famous russian blogers being hacked. Of course it's awful.

[@davevannatta985]

Are you sure your talking about Unfriended? That movie was totally badass

[@SkyExplosion]

I like this movie I disliked the Supernatural part and the end but liked the movie. It's more likeable to younger people like if if your not over in your mid 30s possible 40s like these guys are I believe.

[@Jennisicle]

A decently okay film I saw that was a little similar to this was "The Den" which is on Netflix, produced a couple years before this. "Unfriended" was shit.

[@jeikobukooruman2602]

I agree. Unfriended, however, made me want to take a powersaw to my laptop.

[@drunken153]

they did a segment like this on VHS that was pretty good.

[@emberparadox458]

Honestly, this movie wasn't THAT bad. Yeah it was clearly low budget, but that was kind of the point wasn't it? I mean, I know the concept isn't exactly new, the whole ghost in the machine thing, but the delivery method via just watching through a girl's laptop screen was an interesting direction to go in. Really, I think these guys are missing the point when it comes to the characters in the movie. The fact that none of them are good people, that all of them are assholes and douchebags, was kind of the point. While some you might be able to point your finger at immediately and say, "Asshole," there were a couple that you couldn't do that with, which offered a bit of impact when it turned out there were just as bad as the rest. I mean, the lead character initially comes off as cute and likable and while she might seem a little shallow she was someone you could root for... until it turns out she's got just as much dark shit in her closet as the others do. I know this is almost a dirty word these days, but it did a fair job of subverting our expectations about one or more of the characters. There was no 'hero' or 'heroine' in this movie like you might expect. They were all bad people. Plus, the deaths were fairly inventive and the actors did a good job of acting like they were completely out of control of their own bodies when the ghost forced them to kill themselves. When the boyfriend headbutted the butcher knife and impaled himself through the eyeball, the way they shot and executed that death was pretty good in my opinion. I will admit that the final death where the girl closes the laptop and we get the ghost jump scare did suck, but it was the last five seconds so it didn't bother me all that much. Was this a great horror movie? No, of course not, but I really didn't think it was as terrible as these guys make it out to be. I was entertained by it and it wasn't a rehash of something Hollywood has done ten times before. Isn't that kind of what counts these days with movies?

[@troin3925]

Honestly, the only thing I really liked about this movie was the gimmick, everything else was garbage. I haven’t finished this video yet at the time I’m typing this so I don’t know if you bring this movie up, but Unfriended’s gimmick wasn’t even unique to _that_ film alone, it was already done before in another horror film a few years prior to its release called The Den which amusingly star’s jumpscare girl from Smiley. I haven’t finished The Den yet but I’m starting over since it’s been awhile since I’ve seen it. As far as I can tell, The Den doesn’t have anything supernatural, it involves a serial killer, which already makes me interested since it seems like they’re trying to go for realism. The film doesn’t take place in real time which gives the filmmakers more freedom to have the film’s events flow more naturally. One thing that Unfriended does slightly better than The Den is having convincing desktop visuals. Lazy editing aside (Skype getting mute for no reason, characters teleporting, etc.), Unfriended legitimately looks like it was recorded desktop footage rather than post-production effects. This is just a nitpick that I have with The Den so it’s not awful nor does it affect my opinion of the film (at least, what little I saw of it), but when I watch it, I can’t shake the feeling that it’s not all that authentic looking. Mouse cursors move in a robotic way as if it was a commercial, the way text messages (and possibly some websites in general, my memory is getting fuzzy with this part), appear look too much like animations.

[@crimsonblade25]

Not going to lie I somewhat liked this movie. It had a few issues but what movie doesn’t. I will say it’s have been far better if the guy with the gun would have been killed with the sword that was against the wall. You have a prop like a sword and you don’t use it? Very disappointing. Also it would have been a good twist if at the end it turned out there was no ghost and it was just the father of the dead girl that was killing these people.

[@jakebryant3445]

This movie was such a disappointment. It had such an interesting concept, almost creepypasta like, but once again modern horror cliches ruin horror movies

[@michellecoleman5577]

To be fair, it's downgraded from horrible to just boring when you get to walk around making food because the describer is reading everything. It was basically a mediocre audio book to me.

[@1sund51]

yea this movie is bad, pretty bad XDXDXD

[@Celicagame13]

As usual Dave overreacts, that seems to be his thing

[@benjaminmenken5693]

I don't understand why everyone liked this, it was so boring, who tf wants to see people use the internet. Something we do everyday. Oh no!!! It's a internet troll, that's scary!! Uh oh! It's Google!!