Is Friend Request easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Friend Request end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Friend Request scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Friend Request violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Friend Request sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Friend Request

Name: Friend Request
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2016
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Connor Paolo, William Moseley, Brit Morgan, Brooke Markham

Be careful who you click with.

Directed by Simon Verhoeven

Produced by Wiedemann & Berg Film, Seven Pictures

201692 min5.5 / 10

A social-media-inflected supernatural thriller about a popular student haunted by a vengeful ghost after rejecting a lonely classmate's friendship.

Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, Laura’s life is cursed...

Clusters

Cursed Revenge Pacts Claustrophobic Paranoid Thrillers Trapped Horror Movies Found-Footage Horror Films Outcasts and Misfits

Genres

Horror Thriller

Keywords

College Internet Vengeful Ghost Social Network Social Outcast Young Adult College Student Facebook

Where to watch

StreamPhilo, Starz
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Questions people ask

Is Friend Request easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Does Friend Request end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Friend Request scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Friend Request violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Friend Request sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.