FOMO: INFLUENCER Director’s Next Film Described As MIDSOMMAR Meets SQUID GAME

Kurtis David Harder's latest follows a group of friends who become unwilling participants in an ancient ritual.
Kurtis David Harder's INFLUENCERS (Credit: Shudder)

Following 2022's Influencer and its sequel Influencers, hitting Shudder on December 12, director Kurtis David Harder is set to direct horror-thrillerย FOMO, described asย Midsommar meetsย Squid Game.

Fromย writer Yalun Tu (The Season, My Undead Yokai Girlfriend),ย FOMO follows a party trip to the Greek islands that turns sinister when a group of friends realize theyโ€™ve become unwilling participants in an ancient ritual with life-or-death stakes. The gang must survive a series of hedonistic trials and be rewarded with an endless lifetime of pleasure, or fail, and be offered as a sacrifice to the gods. The party only ends when the last man is standingโ€ฆ

Harder directs for indie label Badlands, founded by longtime Sony executive Scott Strauss alongside Basil Iwanyk and Erica Leeโ€™s Thunder Road. No news yet on who will star inย FOMO, or when the culty horror is set to be released.

2022's Influencer starred Cassandra Naud as ย social-media influencer who finds herself in a nightmare scenario in Thailand. Naud returns for the sequel alongsideย Barbarian‘s Georgia Campbell, withย Influencers taking home top prize for audience favorite at this year's Brooklyn Horror Film Festival.

In Influencers:

โ€œIn the sun-drenched countryside of southern France, CW lives a quiet, idyllic life with her girlfriend Diane, hiding a dark obsession with murder and stolen identities. During an anniversary getaway, they cross paths with Charlotte, a bold, alluring influencer whose curiosity quickly turns intrusive. When CW acts on a violent impulse, the consequences spiral out of control, and as Diane begins to suspect the truth, CWโ€™s carefully constructed life threatens to collapse around her.โ€

Look out for more onย FOMO as we get it, and for more fresh horror news, here's our latest update on Osgood Perkins' Keeper.