Friend Request 2017

Laura Woodson, a campus darling with a staggering 800 Facebook friends, shares a cozy living space with Olivia Mathison, Isabelle, and Gustavo Garcia, Isabelle’s beau. Her close-knit circle includes Kobe, her confidant, and Tyler McCormick, the object of her affection. The harmony is disrupted when Laura receives a friend request from classmate Marina Mills, whose online presence is shrouded in negativity. Despite reservations, Laura accepts the invitation, and the two form an unlikely bond. However, Marina’s obsessive behavior and constant probing make Laura increasingly uncomfortable.

Tensions escalate when Marina asks to join Laura’s birthday celebration, prompting our protagonist to concoct a fabrication, claiming it’ll be just her and Tyler attending. The ruse is exposed when Marina discovers a Facebook post revealing the party’s actual attendees. A heated argument ensues, with Laura inadvertently exposing Marina’s hair-pulling disorder. In a hasty decision, Laura unfriends Marina, thinking she’s finally shed the toxic relationship.

The news of Marina’s suicide sends shockwaves through the campus community. Laura is wracked with guilt and tries to put the tragedy behind her until Marina uploads a disturbing video showcasing her own demise – a burning sketch of Laura precedes her hanging. The video mysteriously appears on Laura’s Facebook page, leaving her helpless to remove it or delete her account. Marina’s malevolent spirit takes its next victim by befriending Gustavo Garcia and subjecting him to supernatural torment.

Isabelle stumbles upon Gustavo’s gruesome fate and rushes him to the hospital. A chilling video of his apparent suicide is uploaded to Laura’s Facebook page, further tarnishing her reputation. Desperate for answers, Laura and Kobe infiltrate Marina’s dorm room and uncover a photograph from a long-abandoned orphanage. This discovery sparks Laura’s curiosity, leading her to investigate Marina’s troubled past.

A visit to the orphanage reveals Marina’s true last name – Nedifar – and the dark events that shaped her formative years. The discovery of her childhood tormentors’ gruesome demise at the hands of black wasps serves as a haunting reminder of the horrors that have befallen Gustavo. Research into black mirrors, once used by witches, provides Kobe with a crucial piece of the puzzle. As the mystery deepens, Laura must confront the darkness that has haunted Marina and her own complicity in the tragic events that have unfolded.

As Isabelle falls prey to Marina’s malevolent influence, a haunting video of her own demise is uploaded to Laura’s social media profile. The tragedy is compounded when Olivia becomes the next target of Marina’s dark energy, ultimately succumbing to its devastating power by taking her own life. Consumed by grief and desperation, Laura and Kobe embark on a perilous quest to uncover the location where Marina met her own tragic end - a spot where she had faced the abyssal horrors that lurked within the black mirror, which was instrumental in her transformation into an otherworldly tormentor. Kobe’s growing unease is palpable as he realizes his own fate is inexorably linked to Laura’s, and his psyche begins to unravel under the crushing weight of Marina’s supernatural wrath.

In a desperate bid to save himself, Kobe turns on Laura, striking out at her in a frenzied attack that only serves to further galvanize her determination. After narrowly escaping Kobe’s assault, Laura discovers that Marina had taken her own life within the walls of an abandoned factory on the outskirts of town - a grim and foreboding location that seems to hold the key to unraveling the mysteries surrounding the cursed black mirror.

As Laura edges closer to the truth, she is met with resistance from Tyler, who becomes the latest victim of Marina’s dark energies. Kobe ultimately meets his own demise at the hands of a swarm of wasps, his screams echoing through the desolate landscape as he succumbs to the merciless forces that have driven him mad.

Finally, Laura confronts the charred remains of Marina’s corpse, only to be confronted by a demonic manifestation of her former tormentor - a monstrous avatar that seems to embody the very essence of evil. As the dust settles on this apocalyptic confrontation, Laura emerges from the shadows, shrouded in a hoodie and bearing an uncanny resemblance to Marina herself, gazing out upon a new generation of unsuspecting victims with an unblinking intensity that is at once chilling and profound.