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Friend Request

Friend Request

Be careful who you click with.

20165.61h 32m

Overview

Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, Laura’s life is cursed...

Directed by Simon Verhoeven
Written by Matthew Ballen, Philip Koch, Simon Verhoeven
Produced by Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann
Box OfficeBudget: $9.9MRevenue: $11.0M

Top Cast

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Laura

Connor Paolo

Connor Paolo

Kobe

William Moseley

William Moseley

Tyler

Brit Morgan

Brit Morgan

Olivia

Brooke Markham

Brooke Markham

Isabel

Sean Marquette

Sean Marquette

Gustavo

Liesl Ahlers

Liesl Ahlers

Marina

Nicholas Pauling

Nicholas Pauling

Officer Dempsey

Shashawnee Hall

Shashawnee Hall

Det. Cameron

Susan Danford

Susan Danford

Caroline

Themes & Keywords

collegeinternetvengeful ghostsocial networksocial outcastyoung adultcollege studentfacebook

About Friend Request

Friend Request is a horror, thriller film released in 2016 exploring themes of college, internet, vengeful ghost, social network, social outcast, young adult. Directed by Simon Verhoeven, it stars Alycia Debnam-Carey, Connor Paolo, William Moseley. Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, Laura’s life is cursed...

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