It’s no secret that more and more of people’s lives happen on screen. That’s where people connect, how we communicate, and even how you’re reading these words right now. That shift has been reflected in Hollywood as well through the rise of “Screenlife” movies, stories told entirely via the computer screens of the characters. Look at 2015’s Unfriended or 2018's Searching, both terrifying thrillers that take place mainly in the online space.
Unfortunately, this gimmick can’t be used for every story. This year, one of the most iconic alien invasion tales ever got adapted into a Screenlife movie that’s so bad, it’s hard to imagine how it even came to be in the first place.
