10 Most Terrifying Social Media Horror Movies

10. Influencer

From director and co-writer Kurtis David Harder, Influencer became one of horror's standouts of 2023 upon landing on Shudder last year.

As the film opens, we're introduced to Madison, the titular influencer who's on a vacation in Thailand where she's having a bit of a naff time. While her public persona is having the best time and courting those likes, shares, and subscribes, the reality is that Madison is bored, lonely, spends most of her time rattling around her hotel room, and only turns on a smile when the camera starts rolling. That is, until she meets CW.

For CW, she becomes pals with Madison and pulls her out of her slump, turning this vacation into a fun one. Of course, this being a horror film, all is not as it seems with CW, and she soon takes her new friend to a remote island, drugs her, and leaves poor Madison for dead. And that's just the first 20 minutes of Influencer, with the movie then switching focus to CW as she imitates Madison and takes over her online life - all as Madison's boyfriend comes searching for her, and while another influencer, Jessica, finds herself in CW's crosshairs.

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Posted On: 22nd Apr 2024