8 Surprise Horror Movie Sequels That Caught Fans Unawares

8. Unfriended: Dark Web

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Horror hit-makers Blumhouse Films surprised the heck out of everybody at SXSW 2018 by screening brand spanking new sequel Unfriended: Dark Web, without the merest whiff of pre-release publicity.

On release in 2015, Unfriended wasn't exactly a massive hit. It had a relatively warm but subdued reaction from critics, and box office takings of only $64 million worldwide.

However, given the film followed Blumhouse's ethic of keeping the budget low (reportedly costing only $1 million to make), it represented a very handsome return on investment.

Factor in how easily the format (internet-bound supernatural force targeting teens via a Skype chat) lends itself to a franchise, it's small wonder that a follow-up would happen. Even so, there'd been no solid news on such a film happening until its festival premiere.

Not unlike the original, the first responses to Unfriended: Dark Web are for the most part positive, whilst falling short of gushing praise. It seems we can expect the same essential premise as before, but this time taken in a darker, nastier direction.