Searching (2018)īeing told entirely through a computer screen, the thriller Searching has David Kim’s (John Cho) 16-year-old daughter suddenly vanishing without a trace. Unfriended is now available to rent on Amazon Prime Video. Even though it’s not the first film to use the screen life format, it manages to use it effectively by generating some innovative and chilling sequences. On the anniversary of their friend’s suicide, they receive a mysterious message from someone claiming to be their dead friend that threatens to expose their darkest secrets.Ī take on cyberbullying and the damages that come along with it, Unfriended is surprisingly scary and well crafted.
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If there is one horror movie that really captures the screen life formula it would be 2014’s Unfriended.Ĭaptured all on a webcam, Unfriended unfolds over a teenage girl’s computer screen as she and her friends are the targets of a vengeful spirit who is out for revenge after a viral video that depicted a shaming bullying incident that resulted in their friend’s suicide. With Shook, releasing on Shudder, February 18, I thought it’d be the perfect time to take a look back at 10 of the top screen life horror movies available now. Social media and technology have influenced the horror genre creating an entirely new subgenre- Screen Life Horror– where all the horror is set entirely on a computer screen.īecoming the latest trend in horror, the screen life format doesn’t seem to be slowing down anything soon.
Everything we do, we post online and we never think of the dangers that wait for us afterward. We have become a social media-obsessed culture.
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