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Directed by Rob Savage
Six friends get together during lockdown for their weekly zoom call. It's Haley’s turn to organise an activity and instead of a quiz, she’s arranged for a Medium to conduct a séance. Bored and feeling mischievous, Jemma decides to have some fun and invents a story about a boy in her school who hanged himself. However, her prank gives license for a demonic presence to cross over, taking on the guise of the boy in Jemma’s made-up story. The friends begin noticing strange occurrences in their homes as the evil presence begins to make itself known, and they soon realise that they might not survive the night. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL.
During an online séance, six friends accidentally invite the attention of a demonic presence.
Cast: Haley Bishop, Radina Drandova, Jemma Moore, Caroline Ward, Emma Webb, Edward Linard
Member Reviews
Short dose of found footage-type horror, jump scares as expected, simple plot. Well put together.
A defining movie for the Covid era. Writing, directing, acting all pitch-perfect. Comes in under an hour but feels as entirely satisfying as any full length feature.
2nd movie ive seen that had me jumping multiple times .
Really loved this film, cyber-horror is one of those genres I can't stop loving and this one was really fun! The jump scares with the demon were actually really scary, the sound design as well! I loved that it was done over zoom and was filmed during the pandemic with what they had. The characters were great as well, great chemistry. It was suspenseful throughout and just excellent :)
This is what "unfriended" wishes it was. Fantastic movie.