Simon Verhoeven successfully launched Men in the City 2 in 2011 and tried his hand in the horror genre with his first English-language feature film Friend Request in 2014.
He followed up with his 2009 ensemble comedy Men in the City (Mannerherzen), which sold over 2 million tickets at the domestic box office. This success sparked the equally successful sequel Men in the City 2 in 2011 (also written & directed by Verhoeven), as well as a number of international remakes in the , , and other countries. With his first English-language feature film Friend Request (2014) starring Alycia Debnam Carrey, Verhoeven tried his hand in the horror genre. 
