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Reasonable similarities

Like the movie Unfriended (2014), this movie takes places on a muck computer screen.

The age of the screens

The movie releases almost at the same time as 'Unfriended: Dark Web' and 'Profile', who are also told through computer screens. The first one is about a group of friends facing an online threat and the second one about a journalist who infiltrates propaganda web pages from the Islamic State.

First time directing

This film is Aneesh Chaganty's first movie as director.