The Influence (2019 film)


The Influence is a 2019 Spanish horror film directed by Denis Rovira van Boekholt in his directorial debut. The film stars Manuela Vellés, Alain Hernández, Maggie Civantos and Claudia Placer. The film is based on the adaptation from a novel with the same title The Influence' written by popular English novelist Ramsey Campbell in 1988. The film was streamed via Netflix on 11 October 2019 and opened to mixed reviews from critics.

Synopsis

Alicia has returned to the family home which she fled as a child.. Along with her husband Mikel and with her nine-year-old daughter Nora, Alicia seeks to rebuild her life while being forced to confront a past she believed forgotten and a body that refuses to die: that of Victoria, the possessive family matriarch who has fallen into a deep coma and barely survives on life support.

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