Log Off And Die: The Unfriended Movies Are The Perfect Quarantine Horror Double Feature

Log Off And Die: The Unfriended Movies Are The Perfect Quarantine Horror Double Feature

Winston Cook Wilson

Forgive the gimmick and enjoy these well-made films

When Unfriended hit theaters in 2014, it felt like something both fresh and totally ridiculous. Directed by largely unknown Russian director Levan Gabriadze, the B-horror flick takes place entirely on a high schooler’s laptop screen; its scenery is largely Skype, Facebook, and YouTube windows. Ominous incoming-message ellipses create a healthy chunk of the drama. Grossing $64 million on a $1 million budget, you’d think it might have signalled a new horror subgenre, along the lines of the found-footage movement, but it didn’t quite hit the mark. (The only major film