The Influencer Project
Hades Films
Director: Mike Nybroe
Writers: Anders Jon, Nybroe and Lars Andreas Pedersen
Cast: Chiara King, Nybroe, Luca Storm and Alexandre Willaume
Opened: October 2, 2026
Screened at: AMC Empire 25, New York, NY, October 2, 2026
In an era where online fame can shape identity, relationships and personal safety, the new horror film, ‘The Influencer Project,’ feels remarkably timely. The drama explores influencer culture through the experiences of real-life British content creator, Chiara King, who has been forced to contend with the harrowing effects of stalking story. The movie examines how her growing digital popularity begins to attract unwanted attention, as sharing her life online blurs the boundaries between public attention and personal danger.
Mike Nybroe directed, the feature, which Hades Films is releasing in theaters today. He also co-wrote the mystery thriller with Anders Jon and Lars Andreas Pedersen. The filmmaker also served as a producer alongside Gregg Hale and Alex Hertzberg, and starred as himself in the feature.
‘The Influencer Project’ follows King as she travels to Copenhagen for a documentary about her online fame. However, her trip becomes increasingly frightening when an obsessive stalker begins threatening her life online during her time abroad. Along the way, she begins to realize that the benefits of internet celebrity can gradually shift into a tense psychological experience, caused by someone who doesn’t agree with her lifestyle.
The drama understands the dangers of turning everyday life into constant content. King’s online presence makes her visible to thousands of strangers, including someone with disturbing intentions. The movie effectively explores parasocial relationships, livestreaming and the frightening accessibility of public information. These themes give ‘The Influencer Project’ a contemporary quality that many traditional stalker films lack. Its central idea is simple but unsettling, as it emphasizes that sharing everything can make someone dangerously easy to find.
King delivers one of the thriller’s most convincing performances. Playing a fictionalized version of herself, the performer brought an authenticity that strengthens her first foray as a lead actress in a feature film. She initially appears to be confident and completely at ease in front of the camera. But as the stalking intensifies, she shares her increasingly vulnerability. That transformation gives the film’s central threat greater credibility and emotional impact.
The first half of ‘The Influencer Project’ is especially effective at creating tension. The story interweaves threatening messages, photographs and unexpected appearances, which help establish the feeling that someone is constantly watching King. In doing so, the story shows how watched can become increasingly terrifying when the watcher remains anonymous. Even ordinary moments begin feeling dangerous because her followers know King’s privacy has disappeared. The story ultimately creates emotional suspense before showing excessive violence or elaborate horror effects.
The movie’s visuals help chronicle King’s journey. The project combines livestreams, documentary footage, online comments and conventional cinematography to emphasize a typical day in King’s life. These different formats place viewers inside her increasingly fractured online world. At its best, the thriller uses its social-media presentation to make technology feel intrusive rather than simply convenient.
There are also several effective scares throughout ‘The Influencer Project.’ Some moments work because the film builds anticipation before revealing what King has overlooked. The strongest sequences chronicle how familiar digital habits and online interactions can quickly cause anxiety. These moments show that the drama works best when its horror is driven by realistic fears.
Unfortunately, that element diminishes as the story reaches its third act. As the movie starts to wind down its conflict, it begins to rely more heavily on familiar horror conventions. As a result, some of the tension that made the thriller’s earlier sequences effective begins to decimate.
The biggest weakness in ‘The Influencer Project’ is its ending. The majority of the film establishes a believable and disturbing threat, but eventually moves toward more conventional horror territory. This shift reduces some of the tension created during the earlier stalking sequences.
The reveal of the stalker’s identity is also fairly predictable, making the final act less surprising than anticipated. Instead of fully capitalizing on its strongest ideas, ‘The Influencer Project’ settles for familiar horror conventions. As a result, the movie that raises interesting moral questions without always fully exploring their consequences.
Ultimately, ‘The Influencer Project’ is an uneven but worthwhile horror film that features a genuinely relevant premise. It thrives on its timely subject matter, convincing central performance, effective first-half tension and creative social-media presentation. However, its predictable reveal and conventional ending prevent it from becoming a more memorable entry in the horror genre.
Nevertheless, the drama succeeds whenever it treats online visibility as a genuine source of fear. It may not fully complete its promising concept, but it provides enough unsettling moments to make its digital-age horror worthwhile.
Technical: B+
Acting: B+
Story: B
Overall: B+
