Influencers

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kurtis David Harder directs. David Schuurman behind the camera. Avery Kentis scores. Produced in United States of America, France, Indonesia, Canada. Dialogue in English, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released last year.
• 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
• 3International production across 4 countries: United States of America, France, Indonesia, Canada.
• 4Part of the "Influencer Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 5Directed by Kurtis David Harder, shot by David Schuurman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 6Original score by Avery Kentis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 7Cassandra Naud and Emily Tennant and Georgina Campbell carry the top of the cast.
• 8Marketing tagline: "We all have to start somewhere.".
• 9IMDB entry: tt36833584 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 10Classified under 10 themes, including "revenge", "serial killer", "slasher", "violent death".

The technical file

Cinematography

David Schuurman

Original score

Avery Kentis

Runtime

110 min · 1h 50m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Influencers (2025) ↗

Part of

Influencer Collection

A horror film series centered around social media influencers.

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  Influencer

  2023
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  Influencers

  2025 · this one

Also by

Kurtis David Harder

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  Influencer

  2023 · ★ 6.3
• 
  Spiral

  2019 · ★ 5.7
• 
  Incontrol

  2017 · ★ 5.2
• 
  Summerland

  2020 · ★ 3.9
• 
  Cody Fitz

  2012

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Trailers & featurettes

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• Dr Nostromo2026-02-06
  ★ 8/10

  77/100 Maddy, our suspected murderer from "Influencer", is on a search for CW to clear her name. What transpires is really something. The twisting and manipulation throughout the film is a bit harder to follow but still clear enough to know that CW is no amateur to destroying everyone around her. The climax is absolutely bonkers and fitting for a double feature viewing of both movies. The focus of influencers, podcats and social media is highlighted as a world where followers are the only currency of value. Don't know if they'll try for another sequel but a prequel?? -- DrNostromo.com

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• druscilla_of_old2026-02-13
  ★ 8/10

  As a lover of thrillers and horrors, I hate the way female killers and villains are generally portrayed by male directors and writers in these genres - that is, as uni-dimensionally evil with no redeeming or relatable qualities - unlike the way male killers are often portrayed. This is pretty much the way CW was stereotyped in the first movie (Influencer) by writer-director Kurtis David Harder, which really irked me, among other sexist and racist elements in the movie. After being as such disappointed by the first movie, I gave this sequel a chance with the hope that these problems would be remedied by Harder. Lo and behold! Harder did deliver. Massively! Not only is CW now given a full name (Catherine Weaver), she is also given a romantic arc that does a lot to humanize her and to add depth to her character. (I must confess at this point that the latter romantic arc involving a Sapphic relationship added a lot more appeal to her character for me.) In addition, CW's crimes are given a motive that many a viewer living in this age of social media and influencer culture could relate to, unlike in the first movie in which she was more or less portrayed as an evil psychopath with no method or motive to her crimes (as often female villains and killers are portrayed by Hollywood male writers and directors). I also loved the fact that Catherine's badassery was raised to Level 1000 in this movie, which makes her that much more likeable in a way that adds much needed complexity to her character in relation to viewers' emotional perceptions of her. All these, of course, are elevated immensely by Cassandra Naud's unimpeachable performance of Catherine. Besides these positive aspects of the movie, I loved that the writing improved in both its complexity and depth compared to the writing of the first movie. For instance, the twists are in this one are subtly and humorously - but also shockingly and horrifically - arrived at in ways that are oh so rewarding to one's entire viewing experience. Most importantly though is the fact that Harder does not shy away from making bold thematic statements in this movie on such critical social issues as toxic masculinity, the tradwife trend, the rise of the alt-right, the superficiality and materialism behind influencer culture, the damaging effects of "revenge porn," etc. I do love it when writers and directors find it in themselves to not just entertain, but also to communicate and to teach through their movies. All these said, the problems that kept me from giving this movie a perfect score include its lack of racial and socioeconomic diversity, its promotion of drug abuse, and its promotion of such harmful and genocide-supporting brands as Apple. All in all, I'd recommend this movie to lovers of a good thriller or horror movie with a tinge of tragic romance and dark comedy. I hope that this will not be the end of CW as I'm now somewhat too in love with her to accept that this is how it ends. I really do hope that Harder makes a threequel to this promising thriller.

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• Sierbahnn2026-06-01
  ★ 6/10

  Solid, if somewhat empty-feeling This movie works as stand-alone, if you can do with the exposition. I can remember the predecessor, as I watched it when it came out, but the details blur. This movie is just a scathing critique on the influencer-culture, and dismantles many of its tropes (sometimes with a cleaver). It isn't clever, or particularly scary, but it is entertaining, and competently made. The ending is a mess, which I guess is there to open for a "Influencers 3 - This time it's personal!" or something, but it just makes very little sense overall.

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Jackrabbit Media

  US

Key crew

• ProducerMicah Henry
• ProducerChris Ball
• ProducerJack Campbell
• ProducerRebecca Campbell
• ProducerKurtis David Harder
• ProducerTaylor Nodrick
• MusicAvery Kentis
• Sound MixerKiefer Campney

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• revenge
• serial killer
• slasher
• violent death
• bali
• identity theft
• murder mystery
• social media influencer
• casual
• south of france

Release history · US

When it landed

• Digital2025-12-12· AMC+ / Shudder