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Friends Don't Let Friends Friend Unfriendly Fiends
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/25/2017
While there isn't a lot about Friend Request you haven't seen before, at least the film does a good job of mixing in suitably creepy imagery with your standard jump scares to give horror fans a reason to check it out.
Much like Unfriended, social media is the main focus of attention as we follow the popular college student Laura (Fear the Walking Dead standout Alycia Debnam-Carey) as she looks forward to an upcoming birthday with friends, but takes pity on a fellow student who seemingly has no other friends on social media, Marina (Liesl Ahlers). Her page is filled with dark animated imagery and pictures, but Laura seems to like it well enough. But it doesn't take long before Marina becomes obsessed with Laura, and, taking some advice, eventually kicks her off her friends list. …
