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Unfriended (the movie)

Shelley Henning, left, and Moses Storm appear in a scene from “Unfriended,” which is viewed entirely through computer screens.
Shelley Henning, left, and Moses Storm appear in a scene from “Unfriended,” which is viewed entirely through computer screens.

Not since 1999’s “The Blair Witch Project” has a horror film taken such a creative approach to conjure scares as “Unfriended.” It’s a cautionary tale of a group of friends who become the target of an unseen cyberentity starving for revenge.

What makes this film so different is that it’s shot looking at a computer screen. The actors interact through Skype, with back-story elements handled through online searches. Even the soundtrack is created using the tunes stored on one of the computers. More here.



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.