Friend Request (2017)

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A popular college student graciously accepts a social outcast's online friend request, but soon finds herself fighting a demonic presence that wants to make her lonely by killing her closest friends.

Director: Simon Verhoeven
Writers: Matthew Ballen, Philip Koch
Stars: Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3352390/

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In sixth is where we find the rough, $2.4 million opening for Entertainment Studios' Friend Request. Pre-weekend expectations from the studio were around $8-10 million, but the signals Mojo most often trusts for its forecasts were pointing to a debut much lower and to see it come in even below our $3.5 million forecast is disappointing. Based on the film's $110k from Thursday previews we drew a comparison to last December's Incarnate, which also opened with $2.5 million before going on to gross just under $5 million domestically. The film received a "C+" CinemaScore.

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http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/253 ... uest-2017/

Poorly staged, devoid of even a modicum of suspense, and seemingly going on forever, the irony of a movie about social media practically daring you to check your phone when you should be on the edge of your seat. Not going to lie; I spent a portion of this movie-going experience doing just that.

1.5/5