Influencers (2025)

Dr_Nostromo

8.0

Feb 6, 2026

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

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…