Film

Unfollowed

Name: Unfollowed
Genre: Horror
Released: 2018
Cast: McKaley Miller, Zoë Soul, Brendan Meyer, Hunter Sansone

Unfollowed is a found-footage horror film where social media influencers livestream their paranormal investigation of an abandoned hospital, chasing an urban legend for content. It's a lean, punchy eighty-one minutes that weaponizes our current relationship with visibility and performance. For horror fans who appreciate the premise more than polished execution, and anyone interested in how dread plays differently when filtered through a phone screen.

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you enjoy horror built around a livestream and the way online audiences egg on bad decisions, with dread that grows out of the broadcast itself.

Skip it if you find influencer protagonists and haunted-hospital setups already worn out, or want characters with more depth than a group of friends chasing clout.

What it asks of you: Brisk at 81 minutes, it keeps its eyes on the group's escalating bad choices and rarely pauses for quiet character work, so expect momentum over atmosphere.

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