| The Influence | |
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| Director: | Denis Rovira van Boekholt |
| Starring: | Manuela Vellés Alain Hernández Maggie Civantos Claudia Placer |
| Distributor: | Netflix |
| Runtime: | 99 minutes |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | Spanish |
The Influence (Spanish; Castilian: La influencia) is a 2019 Spanish horror film directed by Denis Rovira van Boekholt in his feature directorial debut.[1] 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.[2] The film was streamed via Netflix on 11 October 2019 and opened to mixed reviews from critics.[3] [4] [5]
Alicia (Manuela Vellés) has returned to the family home which she fled as a child. Along with her husband, Mikel (Alain Hernández) and her nine-year-old daughter, Nora (Claudia Placer), 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 (Emma Suárez), the possessive family matriarch who has fallen into a deep coma and barely survives on life support.