Alycia Debnam-Carey (Fear the Walking Dead, The 100), William Moseley (The Royals), and Connor Paolo (Gossip Girls) star in the horror thriller, Friend Request, which has just released a brand new trailer and poster. The creepy trailer mixes social media and the supernatural, setting up Debnam-Carey’s character as the target of a lethal curse. The cast also includes Brit Morgan, Brooke Markham, Sean Marquette, Liesl Ahlers, and Shashawnee Hall.
Friend Request was written by Simon Verhoeven, Philip Koch, and Matthew Ballen, and directed by Verhoeven. Byron Allen, Carolyn Folks, Jennifer Lucas, Chris Charalambous, Mark Borde, Richard Barner, and Chad Doher served as executive producers. Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures’ is planning a September 22, 2017 theatrical release.
The Plot: Popular college student Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) has tons of friends, both on Facebook and IRL. She graciously accepts social outcast Marina’s (Liesl Ahlers) online friend request, until Marina crosses the line and Laura unfriends her. To everyone’s shock, Marina takes her own life in a ritual meant to torment Laura, which appears in a video posted on Laura’s profile.
Even though it wasn’t Laura who posted the video, or other creepy content that begins appearing on her page, her Facebook friend count begins to dwindle as a result. When her real-life friends start dying mysterious, cruel deaths, Laura must figure out how to break the deadly curse before it’s too late.
