- Director : Jacob Chase
- Writers : Jacob Chase
- Producers : Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman
- Actors : Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher, Jr., Azhy Robertson, Winslow Fegley
- Media Format : Digital_copy, NTSC, Subtitled
- Subtitles: : French Canadian, Spanish
- Language : English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), French Canadian (DTS 5.1), Spanish (DTS 5.1)
- Studio : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- Aspect Ratio : 2.39:1
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Run time : 1 hour and 37 minutes
- Release date : January 26, 2021
- Number of discs : 1
Prior to the
pandemic, there were a few rising trends in the themes of American horror
films. Along with the rise in occult and witchcraft narratives, we saw an
increased anxiety over society’s dependence on technology and social media. Some
of these films involve the supernatural, as seems to be the case in the Unfriended
franchise, or an addition to the previously mentioned witchcraft subgenre, like
Friend Request. Even the supernatural serial killer doll Chucky was
reinvented as a smart device with disabled safety features. The terror comes
from social media, apps (Countdown), or in the case of Come Play,
the devices themselves.
