(15, 93 mins) released: August 6 (UK & Ireland)

A belated sequel to the 2014 horror thriller Unfriended retains the stylistic conceit of depicting events on the central characters’ laptop screens.

thus, video streams and conversations unfold in overlapping browser windows.

Stephen Susco writes and directs the follow-up, which centres on Matias O’brien (Colin Woodell), who has appropriated a discarded laptop belonging to a woman named Norah.

the machine experiences technical glitches and Matias seeks help from his coterie of online pals comprising AJ (Connor del Rio), damon (Andrew leeds), lexx (Savira Windyani), Nari (betty Gabriel) and Serena (Rebecca Rittenhouse).

At the same time, he attempts to heal a rift with his deaf girlfriend Amaya (Stephanie Nogueras), who is frustrated by a lack of communication.

In the process of cleaning the laptop’s faltering hard drive, Matias talks to a mysterious user named Charon68 on a message board.

AJ, damon and co are party to Matias’s actions via screen sharing.

they witness Charon68 (douglas tait) vow to kill Amaya unless the laptop is returned to him immediately.

When Charon68 demonstrates that he is willing to carry out his threat, Matias and his friends become embroiled in an online race against time to defeat a madman, who stalks his victims on the dark web.