Livestream (2025) review – An obnoxious influencer horror

Welcome to Knockout Horror. Today, we are checking out a recent influencer themed found footage horror movie that you can find for free on Tubi right now – Livestream (2025).

An Influencer Horror Trend

Is it just me or has everyday life become completely oversaturated with online influencers? My fiancée and I went to pick up some fish & chips at the local chip shop a little while ago. The young girl behind the counter nervously asked my fiancée how she does her eye makeup (she has long flicks and seems to get asked this question at least once a week). Apparently, her favourite influencer does them like that and she wants to copy her.

My fiancée just free hands her eye makeup so she couldn’t really give her much advice but it got me to thinking. Influencers are the celebrities of this day and age. Now, I know that isn’t exactly some grand, enlightened, statement but it is kind of funny.

Whereas someone in the 90s might have looked towards Jennifer Aniston as an example of a hairstyle they would like to have. Nowadays, people look towards Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube to find their inspiration. Influencers have this level of accessibility that is just begging for uncomfortable para-social relationships with fans. It’s this accessibility that seems to be influencing a lot of horror filmmakers, as of late.

More and more influencer themed found footage horror movies are appearing and they all seem to follow similar blueprint. We checked out the fairly enjoyable #MissingCouple a few days ago and today we are back with another influencer themed found footage horror – Livestream.

Too much shouting and a bunch of obnoxious characters

Livestream features a pretty formulaic plot. A group of influencers head to a haunted house to livestream themselves spending the night there. The scares turn out to be a lot more real than they thought. Yada-yada-yada. It’s kind of the Deadstream thing but with none of the filmmaking talent, none of the laughs, and terrible acting.

“It’s kind of the Deadstream thing but with none of the filmmaking talent, none of the laughs, and terrible acting.”

The one thing that Livestream has attempted to accomplish to separate itself from the crowd is the way the film is presented. Despite the passage of time, the movie feels like one long livestream. I know, sounds pretty interesting but you are probably going to hate it for that fact. Everything that makes actual livestreams intolerable is on full display right here.

Noisy, obnoxious, over-the-top personalities all shouting as loud as they can while vying for screentime makes Livestream a difficult watch. This is one of those films that takes two maligned things and mashes them together to make an unholy shitstorm of a movie.

Nothing works. The constant shouting from the histrionic characters dilutes any potential for tension or scares. The shaky cam is in full effect. Characters are introduced that have limited significance to the story, and the cast feels extremely bloated and unnecessary.

“Noisy, obnoxious, over-the-top personalities all shouting as loud as they can while vying for screentime makes Livestream a difficult watch.”

The found footage, streaming style presentation combined with the constant addressing to the fictional audience is extremely irritating. When you throw in the terrible chat messages that distract you from the events taking place as well, it gets even worse. It’s hard not to wonder who in the hell would be masochistic enough to watch these people. That brings me onto my next gripe.

The plot is completely ridiculous

As the events of the night grow more ridiculous, the amount of viewers grows. The crew eventually end up with around a million live viewers. This is, obviously, a ludicrous number that only the most well known influencers are afforded. All of this to watch these plebs talk incoherently amongst themselves. Despite this number of viewers, the chat is readable and nobody ever thinks to call the police until right near the end.

It’s kind of strange because the story is so predictable that you know that they are going to drag things out, with no intervention, for as long as possible. Despite that, it is still annoying to see. Plot holes are frustrating at the best of times but when even the plot holes are predictable it is even worse.

It is unbelievable to think that these people would be able to pull together 10 live viewers, let alone 1 million. But when you throw in the silliness of what is taking place, it makes it feel completely farcical. This is all just part and parcel of the terrible writing in Livestream.

I am assuming there was a lot of retro-scripting going on here and the film suffers for it. Character interactions feel painfully awkward and inorganic. We don’t have a single likable character to root for, and the acting is pretty awful throughout.

A completely unlikable cast

Most of the cast members fall into one or another influencer archetype. You have the controversial one that tries to provoke people; the aspiring actor; the presenter; the quiet singer who forces us to listen to an entire fucking song from; and the twat in a beanie hat.

“Livestream is one of those films that feels like a vehicle for one person – writer, director, actor, Victor Soares… He is practically waving at the camera every time it isn’t on him.”

Main host, Mia (Sarah Moliski), does feel, at least somewhat, like an actual influencer. This isn’t a good thing, though. She is extremely obnoxious and you are forced to spend most of the movie with her acting as MC for the other peons in the group.

She has a tendency to really overdo that very particular way that female streamers spoke back in the mid-2010s. A fact which makes Mia feel very prosthetic and out of touch. Like a much older person playing someone in their early 20s.

Every other character is kind of typical for these types of films. In other words, they will make you wonder how such charisma vacuums managed to end up as influencers in the first place. A fact which makes the movie feel even more ridiculous. Their constant bickering is horrendous, too, and majorly detracts from the actual story taking place.

Unfortunately, Livestream is one of those films that feels like a vehicle for one person – writer, director, actor, Victor Soares. This dude absolutely loves the spotlight and inserts himself into every scene front and centre. He is the loudest of the bunch, the most obnoxious of the bunch, and the most irritating, too. He is practically waving at the camera every time it isn’t on him trying to force his way into the shot.

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