Influencer(2023)
2023 · Kurtis David Harder · 92 min
While struggling on a solo backpacking trip in Thailand, social media influencer Madison meets CW, who travels with ease and shows her a more uninhibited way of living. But CW's interest in her takes a darker turn.
Horror · Thriller
6.3383 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Influencer scares
Influencer builds its tension slowly, letting an uneasy friendship unfold in beautiful vacation settings before things start to feel wrong. The fear here comes from not knowing who to trust and watching someone's sense of self get quietly taken apart, rather than from any jump scares or violence. It stays fairly grounded and human the whole way through, with the dread living more in awkward silences and unsettling smiles than in blood or monsters. Good for someone who likes slow-building thrillers about identity and manipulation more than traditional horror scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Influencer rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 10 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, sun-drenched slide from easy vacation vibes into mounting unease that keeps tightening through the back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3.
How scary is Influencer?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Influencer rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be restrained with gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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