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Influencers (2025) Breakdown: Toxic Posers, French Wine & Pure Catharsis | Streamin’ Demons
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Jo and Amelie rip into Influencers (2025) on Shudder, the razor-sharp sequel that makes you cheer for the villain. A lesbian couple’s romantic French getaway turns into a nightmare when an unhinged influencer won’t take 'leave us alone' for an answer. We lose our minds over the authentic French vibes (Amelie spotted her old castles!), the hateably perfect toxic characters, and how this movie makes you wanna yeet every ring-light warrior into the void. Zero forced representation, just real people being messy, murderous, and magnificent. Hour-and-fifty flies by like a scooter in Bali. Grab some wine, lock the door, and watch this NOW. We’re Amazon Affiliates — if you click our links and buy stuff, we get a little kickback (thanks!). Full episode + more unhinged rants at https://linktr.ee/Emptyhell
KEY MOMENTS
- Opening chaos – Jo screams 'I was ROOTING for the bad guy!' within the first five minutes
- That vineyard dinner from hell – Amelie relives every annoying American tourist she’s ever met
- The 'oh my god they actually speak real French' freakout – Amelie loses it over authentic castles & accents
- Jo’s introvert rage – 'If I’m on vacation, DO NOT TALK TO ME' (same, king)
- WTF moment – The twist that had us both yelling at the screen like lunatics
- Theme kicker – Why this sequel made Amelie immediately hunt down Influencer (2022)
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Transcript
Introduction and Movie Overview
00:00:07
Jo
Hey everyone, Joey here and Emily. Good morning to y'all. Or afternoon, or evening, or late night, or midnight, or after midnight, or in a really weird time, you're just kind of like coming home drunk.
00:00:20
Jo
Today's streaming demons, we have Influencers from Shudder. Influencers, the new one, which is 2025, which is a sequel to the old Influencer, which was 2022, 3, something like that.
00:00:32
Jo
and I have seen Influencer, the original movie. Amelie, did you? I don't think you did.
00:00:38
Amelie
No, I did not.
00:00:39
Jo
Okay, so I have a bit of a background more than Amelie had for this movie, and I'm going to say i don't think you needed to see Influencer to enjoy Influencers.
00:00:53
Amelie
Correct, yes.
Plot and Character Insights
00:00:54
Jo
There you
00:00:54
Amelie
Actually, it's fantastic because you follow the journey of a lesbian couple. One is in a... Can we spoil or not spoil?
00:01:03
Jo
No spoilers.
00:01:04
Amelie
Okay, so we follow over at the beginning of the movie a lesbian couple who goes to France in the vineyard to spend a weekend getaway as a romantic couple.
00:01:17
Amelie
And if you didn't follow the first episode of that horror movie, well it's okay because you have the point of view of the girlfriend who is French.
00:01:30
Jo
That was so disappointing. Yeah, I got to watch this with Amelie and she's like, oh, this is this place. This is this place. dada da oh this it thatta and ah jajanna Diana, Diana, Deanne.
00:01:42
Jo
It was a real joy. now um um i'm being i sound sarcastic, but it was a real joy because you you're picking up a lot of locations and stuff that.
00:01:43
Amelie
yeah.
00:01:48
Jo
and It can say, again, it can say in IMDb, in southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos. You know, written, directed by Curtis David Harder.
00:02:03
Jo
And there are some people that follow through from the original movie, like Cassandra nods back as CW and the tenant is back. um I'm trying to get tenants name right now, not the name, but Emily tenants back as Madison.
00:02:19
Jo
So there's people that continue through it. One of the cool things for me, besides the setting, I'm like, man, I want to visit now. It took about 20 minutes before the title screen appears.
00:02:33
Jo
Remember, we were watching this movie. I'm like, I thought it was a screener. Like, maybe the screener was just, like, not letting me see the beginning. So I kind of fast forward first five seconds. Maybe I miss it then.
00:02:44
Jo
no. no The movie is so... It sucks you in so quickly. You forgot. You didn't see the actual title yet for 20 minutes until it appears and it's... I'm like, oh, my God.
00:02:57
Jo
Like, the first act. Right? I mean, what did you think about... Not so much the acting or of nothing like that right now, but how it starts. We had some movies that were just slow stars.
00:03:09
Amelie
i like it I like it because it's clack clack clack.
00:03:09
Jo
Yeah.
00:03:14
Amelie
You are wondering what could be the and then you get to the movie, you see the different situation, story, etc.
00:03:20
Jo
Yeah.
00:03:28
Amelie
hu and it leads to that scene and you're like, oh well done, now I get it.
00:03:34
Jo
Yeah.
00:03:34
Amelie
I was pleasantly surprised. It's a very interesting movie. it A little bit slow when it's in France in the hotel, would admit it its for my taste. But actors are great, storyline is good.
00:03:49
Amelie
um The way it was writing, it's excellent. I recognize the different places, but it's not over the top like it's not France viewed by Americans, it's actual France.
00:04:00
Amelie
Like I've been to some different places and was very excited because it reminds me of home.
00:04:05
Jo
You were. Yep.
00:04:06
Amelie
So I say, yeah, this is France. This is a castle I used to work with. a Situation reception like this. I work that kind of reception. Yes, it looks bold like that. It's kind of castle. You find a lot of castle like that in places around France. You even say, hey, it should be trespassing. I say, no. In France, it's public domain. So you can go take pictures and stuff.
00:04:27
Amelie
It's pretty dangerous, but fun to go. um also i really like the different place in bali i recognize because i've been traveling there so i'm like yeah i recognize the temple organize the the road the scooter etc so they went to the different places top notch um it's a different character i like it there's one character i thought she was going to be dumb but she was really really smart and sharp and even you you really liked her i'm like yeah i like that
00:04:56
Jo
I like characters. in with Well, that's the thing. They are, you said it was well-written and Curtis David Harder wrote and directed. It is well-written. It is. It's well paced to You said that a little bit slow when they get to the like the hotel in France.
00:05:16
Jo
And yes, it does slow down. But I think that's realistic because that's what the couple is trying to do But the couple themselves are trying to slow everything everything down just take a little relaxation.
00:05:27
Jo
And all these little micro issues that you if you've ever gone on any trip at all, they run into a few. And then I had a question, and this is, going to say no spoiling, meaning we can't tell the ending. There's no, you know, anything twist. We can't tell who lives or dies or anything like that.
00:05:48
Jo
But I had
Cultural Observations and Personal Experiences
00:05:49
Jo
questions based upon, like, do people really talk to each other like that when you're like they don't know you. And they're sitting down, you're like, at the pool, like, oh, you're my new best friend. You're out all these things.
00:06:02
Amelie
Yes, definitely. When I've been traveling and working in different hotels and hostels, there are different types of people. There are people who travel Like for example, if you and I, we would be in a hotel or romantic weekend, we would speak to no one. It would be just you and me, restaurant, boom, it's a weekend, we're going to do different things, we're going to see a museum, we're going too visit to visit a castle.
00:06:31
Amelie
It's just romantic, me and you.
00:06:33
Jo
castles.
00:06:33
Amelie
But I met a lot couples, especially Americans, even if they are in a weekend getaway, they like to socialize with other people. So they will go to a bar, have a couple of drinks, and talk to an American who come along.
00:06:43
Jo
That's so dreadful.
00:06:48
Amelie
It's very American. A lot of women, especially Americans, they like to talk to everyone. That's why um American women do have the bad reputation to be a little bit noisy.
00:07:02
Amelie
um ah around couples and people in hotels. Like always talking out loud, always trying to socialize, while French people, when we are in a group of people, we're just with a group of people.
00:07:15
Amelie
For example, if you go to France and you have a group of women drinking at a table wine and and talking, it's just them. They don't want to seduce anyone. They just want to be between women, have conversation, a girl out. You see what I mean?
00:07:16
Jo
Right.
00:07:31
Amelie
that's what we do frenchwoman uh it is it is respected uh often it's englishmen or english english speaker who don't understand the dynamic so often the waiter explain right english people even women they like to go to a bar to talk to everyone so let's take for example me and an englishwoman i will go to a bar
00:07:31
Jo
Is that respected? i have question because...
00:07:41
Jo
Okay. Yeah.
00:07:51
Jo
butterfly around. Yeah.
00:07:58
Amelie
I will ask for a beer or a glass of wine, I will drink and I will be just by myself, maybe with a book or something like that. Or with my friend Camille, I will have a conversation. how have you been, how is work, etc. You get a promotion, congratulations. How are the kids, the kids are good. I'm a bit concerned about Leon for all his speech delay.
00:08:17
Amelie
I'm not going to be there to seduce, single or not single. eve I'm English and my friend Camille is English. She's going to, hey, what's your name? Where are you from? I really like your bag.
00:08:29
Amelie
Excuse me. I really like your shoes. Hey, sir, would you like me to buy you a drink? English women are more like talking to right and left.
00:08:37
Jo
Well, you hit it on the head.
00:08:38
Amelie
right
00:08:39
Jo
Hey, sir, would you like me to buy you a drink? And this is one of the things I kind of commented on when this there was a scene Influencers where it's just an influencer walks up to a woman and says, oh, she's going to have this.
00:08:51
Jo
I'm like, no, you ask her, can I buy you a drink first? And then you buy the drink or not, depending what she's asked. Don't assume they're going to hit on her by making her ah get a drink.
00:09:05
Amelie
Correct.
00:09:05
Jo
Like, like, at least let her say yes or no to that question. Like, this is kind of a douchebag move. And like, yeah, that's common.
00:09:11
Amelie
Yes.
00:09:11
Jo
i'm like, oh, fuck, that is probably common. So like I'm saying the writing, it it marks well to what is realistic.
00:09:13
Amelie
Yes.
00:09:16
Amelie
okay Yes.
00:09:19
Jo
And unfortunately, a lot of what's realistic is just shit.
00:09:22
Amelie
Yeah, for example, when you say, is it normal to socialize? Completely. How many times you have, even as a girl, two girls together, one one just wants to read a book, like the hero, the main character or of this movie, and somebody tries to speak to her, an American, of course, and the French...
00:09:33
Jo
Yeah.
00:09:37
Jo
And the sunbathing.
00:09:43
Amelie
sympathize with her befriend her play in the so in in the swimming pool with her let's go to dinner with her let's be extroverted you know what i mean she's a cool girl she just wants to speak english you know she's very excited that woman from america oh come on she's cool she wants to invite us for dinner be kind na and di and nana and the girlfriend is like no but we're supposed to be just you and i like uh i don't want to be a bitch but voila
00:09:53
Jo
Oh.
00:10:02
Jo
So dreadful.
00:10:10
Jo
That's me.
00:10:10
Amelie
Lesbian or not lesbian, I've been in that situation. We've all been in that situation. Okay, we're going to go and big smile. And the character said it. Excuse me, you're not sister. You're an actual couple.
00:10:23
Amelie
Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:10:24
Jo
Oh my God.
00:10:24
Amelie
I didn't know.
00:10:25
Jo
didn't know.
00:10:25
Amelie
Oh my God.
00:10:26
Jo
Oh my dude.
00:10:28
Amelie
ah and what did you plan and i apologize the dinner is on me oh we we plan on visiting a vineyard i think we can get away okay i'm going to vanyan a very private one would you like to come with me and be my photographer and i'm like bitch please and during the dinner i felt so irritated
00:10:31
Jo
Yeah.
00:10:43
Jo
Yeah.
00:10:47
Jo
Yeah, that's exactly, that was the the key for me. and And I think you're right. Where the people in, like the bad guys in this movie are actually the influencers.
Influencer Culture Critique
00:10:58
Jo
It's just such a burnout. Like if I am at the resort, I do not want you to fucking talk to me. We talked about this before. Like my on-cam personality is nothing like me in real life.
00:11:12
Jo
I'm an introvert. I am just like, shut the fuck down. i want to detach.
00:11:16
Amelie
yeah
00:11:17
Jo
I will go to concerts. I will i will help set up events. I will be great on the mic anywhere you want me. But leave me the fuck alone.
00:11:29
Jo
like Just leave me in the fuck alone afterwards.
00:11:30
Amelie
And these kind of people who are not the most intelligent. Do you remember when we went to the Bone Chapel? in Prague to visit and there was a lady who was single was talking about Israel and she was talking about the hurrah gun.
00:11:37
Jo
Yes. Oh, fuck. Yeah. I know it.
00:11:45
Amelie
I don't understand why the house are not in brick because if it was in brick when the tornado come it wouldn't move right with the other couple.
00:11:54
Jo
It's like, shut up. As soon as you said that, I knew exactly what conversational it was.
00:11:59
Amelie
Yeah.
00:12:00
Jo
And this is not like the... It was weird because they're talking about... The couple started talking about... Again, we're not trying to listen, but they're loud as fuck.
00:12:12
Jo
They were loud as fuck talking. And they're like, oh, we live in this blah, blah, blah. And you know we go through the the bottom you know the air raids come in. We get into our little thing. And it still stands.
00:12:23
Jo
We're like, yeah, that's not a fucking tornado. mu like No, shut the fuck up. Just shut the fuck up. Please shut the fuck up.
00:12:30
Amelie
and during all the visits they speak very loud they're in the minibus with us they speak very loud like that so yes you know my father who went to israel and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah i knew everything about her grandparents i knew everything about her breakfast
00:12:36
Jo
Yeah.
00:12:47
Amelie
And that person was not friends with these people. It's a couple of Americans who came to visit Prague for the first time.
00:12:51
Jo
No.
00:12:54
Amelie
They visited first Berlin to tell you how they were speaking so loud.
00:12:55
Jo
Yeah.
00:12:59
Amelie
And they stick together. So that kind of character exists in real life and we met her.
00:13:05
Jo
but we better And the the sad thing is, though that was a young couple. like They could have just been like, get the fuck away from us. Like what, like you bought a ticket to a, the bone castle. you haven't gone to bone castle in Prague, please do. So it's pretty cool. But we basically bought a ticket to a tour.
00:13:26
Jo
You're not part of the tour. it wasn't the tour guy trying to chat someone up The tour guy was working. It wasn't this, it's just some random person that felt like buying a tour ticket allowed them to talk a nonstop.
00:13:41
Jo
to everyone else. If they're a couple or sogle or whatever, I'm like, my fucking God. It was horrendous. Now, take that experience.
00:13:49
Amelie
And that's what the movie shows.
00:13:52
Jo
That's it. Yeah.
00:13:53
Amelie
It's, I am a solo traveler, I'm not afraid of anything. or Okay, so solo travel woman. Yeah, but it allowed me to meet so many people. Are you meeting people or taking them in hostage?
00:14:06
Amelie
Because um when you want to meet people, i advise you to go to youth hostel. Youth hostel between 18 to 35 years old, yeah, go for gold, go to only women hostel, go to mixed hostel, go to party hostel, meet people.
00:14:25
Amelie
Be very careful with the age because some hostel welcome more younger, meaning 18 to 25, and others accept plus 30.
00:14:26
Jo
Sounds dreadful.
00:14:32
Jo
Like me.
00:14:33
Amelie
And you will meet a lot of people. people who come to study, people who have a very interesting background, people who come to travel, people who want to study travel, go for it. I advise you to go to U4Stell when you're young. You can meet people who don't speak English very well, people from South Latin America, people with all kinds of backstories.
00:14:55
Amelie
Go for gold. But if you go to a five-star hotel,
00:15:01
Amelie
you're alone stay alone okay except if you see one single person who invites you to to get a drink yeah sure cool there is spaces to do things you know you want to go to a bar and suggest people go for gold you go to a five-star hotel no you except if you are a sex worker that's uh none of my business right but yes there is a things to
00:15:04
Jo
Yeah.
00:15:10
Jo
When bites you.
00:15:25
Jo
No shame, Las Vegas.
00:15:29
Amelie
Ah, you know, you
Character and Technology Analysis
00:15:30
Amelie
know, theits you Yeah.
00:15:30
Jo
Well, that's the thing. like That's what Georgina Campbell, who plays the influencer Charlotte, she does really well. She has the energy and the vibe that once we see her talking, we're like, oh, is this... We all know someone just like her. We're like, oh my god, this is this is this person? And you kind of hope, like, man, hope she dies.
00:15:48
Jo
You kind of hope, like, immediately, you're just like, oh man, this...
00:15:49
Amelie
yeah
00:15:51
Jo
And no spoilers here, but... A lot of influencers are just toxic here. a lot are toxic. The movie explores the influencer culture.
00:16:03
Jo
I just did a couple weeks on this myself, where we're exploring like why are influencers popular, what drives the logarithms, who actually give a shit about their fucking day, and it's mostly fake anyways.
00:16:04
Amelie
Thank you.
00:16:16
Jo
Are people are just just just dumb? And the answer is, like yeah, people are just as fucking dumb now. And it is almost cathartic to watch this. This is one of the films. We watch it.
00:16:28
Jo
I was rooting for the bad guy. i was like, motherfucker, it's my thing, man. Let's just do it all. he got You know, I'll hold him.
00:16:36
Amelie
I would like to point out the movie did excellent job with modernity.
00:16:36
Jo
You hit him.
00:16:45
Jo
Yes.
00:16:45
Amelie
Mobile phone, computer, photographer, photographer with phone, photographer with modern camera, right? Like professional one.
00:16:58
Amelie
Photographer with old school camera. Everything is set up. every character a genre and it's believable and the work was very well done yes and the way they use technology top top how many times i watch a movie or series when they try to be modern to integrate fonts and conversation and stuff and you feel it's little bit off a little bit characteristic
00:17:11
Jo
It's believable. It's believable with the setting. It's believable. Yeah.
00:17:32
Amelie
Here, no. AI is well used. We haven't joked about, oh, I'm using AI the way she uses AI. Number two, there is different kind influencer.
00:17:41
Jo
Yeah, we won't say why, but yeah that does happen in real life.
00:17:48
Amelie
For example, there is one character who is interviewed during a podcast. It is true. Nowadays, people don't watch TV anymore. It's podcast. I've got my favorite podcast.
00:17:59
Amelie
You've got your favorite podcast. Like if I say Joe Rogan, everybody knows Joe Rogan, you know, before it was like, for example, ah do you know?
00:18:02
Jo
Yeah, my favorite podcast is fucking mine.
00:18:07
Jo
I never watch this podcast.
00:18:10
Amelie
I don't know, for example, Jimmy Kimmel or something like that. It's it used to be a world of
00:18:14
Jo
I hate Jimmy Kimmel. Sorry. No.
00:18:18
Amelie
TV host. And now it's a world of podcast. Podcast went big boom.
00:18:23
Jo
Yeah.
00:18:24
Amelie
right then you have for example a different um how can i say streamer you have difference you you have models streamr etc infreancer model model influencer etc but even the first one and i'm very excited about that movie for that it's she's not the same influencer modern than the one in bali
00:18:25
Jo
Right.
00:18:37
Jo
Yeah, the whole group that they're starting out, it does it well.
00:18:50
Amelie
The one at the beginning of the movie, she stayed by the hotel.
00:18:51
Jo
Right. Yeah.
00:18:56
Amelie
So she goes to different places to play the model, to take pictures with the wine, to take pictures with the bedroom, etc., and she asked to do publicity for the hotel so she went to the receptionist and she complained and she's like the room is very small how do you want me to advertise that and there is a conversation with the bad girl she say hey if they succeed to take a good picture you can make the bedroom bigger that's her job she's actually a publicist more than something else while the woman in bali
00:19:25
Jo
Yeah, the pool. other kids they made it oh Yeah. Right. It works well.
00:19:32
Amelie
she's a model with influencer who's lack of coach you see what i mean i love that for the movie it's taking the different kind of influencers the problem who they are etc and they're all different so it's not just a caricature of oh i'm beautiful and dumb ahhhu na no no no no they're believable like even the first girl
00:19:39
Jo
There's multiple layers. Yeah.
00:19:51
Jo
No. it's It's not that at all.
00:19:55
Amelie
yeah exactly exactly and that's really fantastic i think it's brilliant i was entertained by that like even the first girl i was like okay she pissed me off but uh i wanted to protect her was like fuck i'm so sorry for you you know what i mean or for example belly girl belly girl i will call her uh she's really intelligent intelligent she's really sharp and she could have
00:20:01
Jo
Yeah.
00:20:10
Jo
Oh, not me. i was like, ah, get her.
00:20:16
Jo
Yeah.
00:20:21
Amelie
fell into the the trump of oh i'm hot and sexy and that's all not at all like you can see it's people with different layers they've got self-esteem issues they have money issue they love each other etc they're not just a beautiful picture and i like that
00:20:27
Jo
Pretty girlfriend. Yeah.
00:20:40
Jo
It does another thing as well. and it I think we you and I had this conversation about I hated bros. I didn't want to see bros. I did not see bros. like But then I got shit for not wanting to see bros because like, oh, have to support gay art. I'm like, no, I don't. What the fuck?
00:20:59
Jo
If it makes something better, I'll support it. They are a lesbian couple. But no one gives a shit about it.
00:21:12
Jo
Like the movie doesn't give, they they're just a basically a couple. Like they're just a couple and the movie's not pounding in the fucking face. like we we okay going dar That's how it should be done.
00:21:23
Jo
We talked about representation before where it's like, okay, the like a Chinese guy, check that one off. Fuck off, man. Just make people people and representation will be done.
00:21:36
Jo
And this movie really nails that well. Is this the development of the characters we actually start caring about? No matter how short or long they are on camera, you start caring about them. eat There's everyone a good guy? no not everyone's a good guy. You know, there's people who are just like you you hope, honestly, like hope this die in this in this film because this is how crappy they are.
00:21:58
Jo
And they're all played well. If I... Wanted the character to die, that means the actor or actress is doing something good with that character.
00:22:10
Jo
If I don't care if they die or not, that means the game's over. Why am I watching this movie? like I just want the movie end. I don't care if the fucking person dies or not. But you do. you You invest no matter how quickly they appear or not on screen. you You kind of invest in the character. And that goes back into the acting wells of writing.
00:22:30
Jo
And this movie is slick. It's Shudder. It is slick. It is
Film Pacing and Character Depth
00:22:37
Jo
well done. It was like, what, an hour and a half? An hour and 50 minutes.
00:22:42
Jo
Hour and 50 minutes flew by. Absolutely. We've seen movies that were like an hour and 50 minutes. That one movie i started to do other things. Like, what was I doing? Like taxes or something like that?
00:22:53
Jo
Like, I'm going to my taxes right now. and Fucking do this and instead. No, i' was watching this movie. Influencers 2025. You know. you. Yeah.
00:23:04
Amelie
And we didn't cut.
00:23:04
Jo
What was that?
00:23:08
Amelie
We didn't cut. We didn't stop for a moment. we We really watched it from the beginning to the end. It was entertaining.
00:23:14
Jo
Yeah.
00:23:15
Amelie
Like, it was interesting.
00:23:16
Jo
It was was wonderful.
00:23:16
Amelie
Like, you don't watch it just for the death. You watch it thinking, how did she manage to survive and not get arrested?
00:23:26
Jo
Yeah. There's a story.
00:23:27
Amelie
And that's super interesting. Plus, you have different characters you see, not for a long period of time, but they're interesting.
00:23:32
Jo
Yeah. Yeah.
00:23:37
Amelie
Like they have a backstory and there is a backstory of in influencer, what kind of influencer they are, what's their consequences, do they like their job, do they feel a little shame, what's their inner problem.
00:23:38
Jo
yeah
00:23:50
Amelie
Like for example, there is a component of influencer, they're influencer A and influencer B, but there is their persona in real life as a couple and at the same time,
00:23:51
Jo
yeah
00:24:01
Amelie
they have problems. One is doing a little bit of drugs and the other one is a little bit sketchy.
00:24:04
Jo
Yeah, they're real people.
00:24:08
Amelie
But you can't judge them because they're very human.
00:24:09
Jo
Yeah, it's real.
00:24:14
Jo
That's exactly it. Where we've seen other times they'll give you a background story like exposition of the Yang and back and we're like I don't really care.
00:24:16
Amelie
Yeah.
00:24:22
Jo
I don't need that much background story for this character. I don't care about him.
00:24:27
Jo
Not even sure how much background story would we get. Exposition wise, it's just you see them in their natural environment and then you then understand who their character is by get this everyone, their fucking actions.
00:24:42
Jo
You see that the characters are by how they act, just like you would in life. And that's one of the things that I wish more movies did and influencers hit this spot on.
00:24:54
Jo
where they treat people like people. And by doing so, allowing the characters to be people, we, the viewer don't need everything spoon fed to us. We can then make our connections for ourselves. And it makes a movie more interesting for me.
00:25:10
Jo
Versus here's this character. This is where they came from. i'm Like, fuck me, man. I don't need this shit. But this is definitely Influencers 2, 2025.
Sequel Discussion and Recommendations
00:25:20
Jo
It is Shudder. Check it out. My big question to you is, would you have seen this? We both watched it, and obviously it's Shudder, so it's going to be streaming.
00:25:32
Jo
Would you watch this in a theater?
00:25:36
Amelie
Yes, yes, for the long for the long age, it's a very high quality tim movie.
00:25:37
Jo
Yeah, think so.
00:25:41
Jo
Oh, yeah.
00:25:43
Amelie
The French speak French. Ladies and gentlemen, the French actors are French and they speak French and they look French.
00:25:46
Jo
I know.
00:25:51
Amelie
And when they're in France, they're France. When they're in Bali, they're in Bali. So everything is in po on point. Like it's very realistic. It's top notch. It's great. It's good.
00:26:02
Jo
Yeah, and that's one of the things you picked up apart because sometimes Johnny Depp does an amazing Quebecois accent. If you haven't seen Johnny Depp in Kevin Smith movies, you should probably do it. Yoga Hosers and the Walt Chosk.
00:26:19
Jo
And one day, ah you know, Moose Jaws. But he does an amazing Quebeco accent. If anyone's from Quebec, they always pick it apart. And like this is the best thing, accent-wise, I ever heard from a non-Quebec speaker.
00:26:32
Jo
You did the same thing for the French. And they're like, oh, this this is an amazing French accent. This is exactly what you say. This is what the you know the the whole rhythm of the doll. And yeah, that the small things like that build up. And I'll tell you right now, Cassandra, no?
00:26:49
Jo
Canadian.
00:26:52
Jo
She's not French. She's Canadian. ah one The one that plays CW. And then you look at Emily Tennant, Madison. Canadian. From Vancouver.
00:27:04
Jo
That even fucking French there. You know, so they are putting a lot of work into their acting. Like they worked with coaches on this and you don't even think this, put it this way. If two Canadian actresses are doing a movie or speaking French, usually the Quebecois comes out. It does not.
00:27:25
Jo
They fooled you. They fooled Emily. I'm calling you Emily instead Amelie.
00:27:30
Amelie
They fooled me.
00:27:31
Jo
Because we made that.
00:27:31
Amelie
They fooled me. Yeah, because here's the thing.
00:27:33
Jo
Yeah.
00:27:34
Amelie
In the movie, the girlfriend is called Diane, Diane, Diane, except by the mother who is French and call her Diane, Diane, Diane, which is her name. So English-native speaker always called ja Diane, Diane, Diane, Diane.
00:27:48
Amelie
So there is really this little note like that I really like, especially during the conversations, the telephone conversation.
00:27:53
Jo
Yeah.
00:27:55
Amelie
Diane, Diane, you mean Diane. Diane, my fille Diane. And that's on point. I really like it.
00:28:02
Jo
Yeah.
00:28:02
Amelie
It's little thing like that.
00:28:04
Jo
Diane played by...
00:28:04
Amelie
It's not extraordinary. There is no CGI, etc. But... but
00:28:08
Jo
no
00:28:08
Amelie
It's the movie who is well written with excellent actors, amazing landscape, etc. And what they did is we're going to use everything. The way people dress, the way people act, etc.
00:28:21
Amelie
There is no need of big monster. But if you want a lot of blood, go see this movie. If you like to travel, see this movie. If you like French, go see this movie.
00:28:29
Jo
Yeah, it's a good travel movie.
00:28:31
Amelie
Yeah.
00:28:33
Amelie
Let's go. Bang, bang, bang.
00:28:33
Jo
For your part, that actress is Lisa Delamar.
00:28:37
Jo
She might be French. It doesn't say what she is right now on IMDb. But one of her pictures, and I'll link this later on. Looks just like you.
00:28:50
Jo
So maybe
00:28:50
Amelie
During the movie, during the movie I was looking at her and was we look the same.
00:28:55
Jo
Yeah, you actually, ah same thing.
00:28:56
Amelie
We look the same.
00:28:57
Jo
Like when when you have your, because Emily does most of the podcasts with hair up. When she has her hair down, I'm like, the eyes are different. That's about it. Blue.
00:29:08
Jo
You know what mean? But everything else is, you know, so maybe, although we found out I'm more French than you are, but hey,
00:29:17
Amelie
Indeed, and I'm more English than you.
00:29:18
Jo
that's okay.
00:29:19
Amelie
Haha!
00:29:20
Jo
Yeah, you knew. Well, you know, Polish for me, but yeah. So Influencers 2025 on Shudder. Check it out. It's a fun movie. It's not a little kid movie.
00:29:32
Jo
I'll tell you that. But it is something that you could watch on a good horror night. It's a couples movie type thing. It's a singles movie. what do you want. Just don't, you know, it's not little kids.
00:29:42
Jo
It's not fucking Charlie Brown Christmas.
00:29:43
Amelie
Yeah, guys, guys, just watch that movie. with your loved one on tv in a sofa with a box of chocolates and some good french wine i would advise you that
00:29:53
Jo
Yeah.
00:29:58
Jo
I think it'll make it well. So that's it for us. Influencers, plural 2025. And the cool thing is we both agreed. You do not need to see the original influencer. You can, no one's going to stop you. It's a good movie on its own original influencer.
00:30:13
Jo
You can go straight into this one and it still has a great effect. And matter of fact, watching this one might make you want to watch the original influencer.
00:30:22
Amelie
I'm going to watch the original.
00:30:22
Jo
It's not, you want to see the background story.
00:30:24
Amelie
I'm going to watch the original because it's so good.
00:30:24
Jo
Yeah.
00:30:27
Amelie
The second is so good. I want to watch
Closing Remarks and Call to Action
00:30:29
Amelie
the first one.
00:30:29
Jo
Yeah. And imagine that the sequel being good, right? like It's like Empire Strikes Back.
00:30:34
Amelie
Yeah.
00:30:35
Jo
Every once in a while, the sequel's better.
00:30:38
Amelie
who
00:30:38
Jo
Or good, so say.
00:30:39
Amelie
Yeah. All there.
00:30:40
Jo
Alright, that's it for us on Streaming Demons. If you are subscribing and liking, thank you. If not, you know, she's got 12 kids to feed, so why you like and subscribe now.
00:30:51
Jo
Until then, until next time, Myself, Joe, on behalf of my co-host, Amelie, as a french fry, bid you good day. by everyone.