The centrality of the laptop screen in Unfriended has been identified by some critics as a new or experimental take on found footage horror, but this is not the first film to use this idea.

As silly as the premise might sound, Unfriended is actually a surprisingly clever movie. It's far smarter and meaner than it looks.

It's a premise that seems ridiculous until you start to realize it might actually be brilliant, or at least charmingly clever.

[Unfriended is] worth queuing up for horror fans but is unlikely to win friends from the pool of uninitiated.