Overview
- The sequel to 2022’s Influencer is now available on Shudder, with select Alamo Drafthouse screenings set for December 15.
- Critics call the follow-up bigger, funnier, and more vicious, praising Naud’s performance and the film’s darkly comic tone.
- Writer-director Kurtis David Harder shot across France, Thailand, and Bali using a small, mobile crew to prioritize flexibility and authenticity.
- Cassandra Naud reprises CW and also designed the wardrobe, as the story introduces new figures like Jacob and Ariana without retreading the original.
- Reviews note expanded themes including toxic online masculinity, true-crime mobs, and AI, with an ending described as a cliffhanger that invites further installments.