Unfriended
Movies review
As of Aug 18, 2026, Unfriended is rated 5.6/10 on TMDB (3,573 votes).
Is Unfriended worth it in 2026?
Unfriended's 5.6/10 on TMDB is an accurate landing spot for a film that succeeds as a concept and stumbles as a horror story. Its genuine achievement is committing entirely to the screen-capture format, reviewers consistently credit it for realistic online interactions and for actually saying something about cyberbullying, which is more than most genre films attempt. The format is also its hard ceiling: pacing is slow by design, with intentional buffering and load times that mirror real Skype sessions but test patience as runtime, and the lo-fi video and audio quality are baked into the conceit rather than polished away. Underneath the format experiment sits a supernatural plot that reviewers flag as unconvincing, which means when the novelty fades, there is not enough story to carry you the rest of the way.
Viewers interested in what horror can do with social media as both subject and structure, and anyone who wants genre film to carry a real message about cyberbullying and online accountability.
If you came for scares, character depth, or a ghost story that holds together logically, the format will not compensate, you will spend 80 minutes watching pixelated Skype calls for a supernatural plot that does not earn its ending.
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Pros
- innovative format and concept3
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- **In this viral going social media era, our actions must be very cautious!** A new age cinema. I don't know how it was put under 'found footage' subgenre film, since the webcams...
- Online, your memories live forever... but so do your mistakes. A group of online chat room friends find themselves terrorised by someone or something using the account of their...
- 74/100 As teen friends gather together on Skype, an unknown person appears calling themselves Laura ...a girl that committed suicide a year previously. Being a certified compute...
Cons
- slow pacing and wait times1
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- Actually pretty alright, maybe the format has been utilised better elsewhere, but you still have to admire _Unfriended's_ dedication, especially for all the way back in 2014. That...
- low quality video and audio1
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- Actually pretty alright, maybe the format has been utilised better elsewhere, but you still have to admire _Unfriended's_ dedication, especially for all the way back in 2014. That...
- format is limiting1
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- Unfriended is a movie that plays with a bold concept: telling the entire story through a computer screen. It’s an innovative approach that captures the modern digital experience, b...
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