20 SXSW Films You Need To Know About

5. Unfriended

Unfriended 2015
Blumhouse Productions

The horror genre thrives when it plays on contemporary fears but, so far, filmmakers have struggled to make the digital age scary. Mostly it's been old men tutting about kids these days and cyberullying.

Levan Gabriadze's film looks set to break out of that mould, with all the action taking place on screens - social networks, emails, Skype, IMs - as the usual group of attractive teens get picked off.

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