Smile 2 takes the chilling phenomenon from the first movie to a new level as global pop sensation Skye Riley (played by a charismatic and captivating Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Moving on from Smile’s ...

Parker Finn follows his surprise 2022 hit about a malevolent spirit that jumps hosts via a diabolical grin, this time infecting a troubled pop star with a ton of trauma to feed on.

"Smile 2" stars Naomi Scott as a pop star who gets infected with the demonic curse from the first film, resulting in a horrifying and funny trip.

Naomi Scott had no idea what she was in for. It was several years after her breakout performance as Jasmine in 2019’s Aladdin and she had just received a script by director Parker Finn about a new character he had created – a tortured pop star named Skye Riley.

With a powerhouse turn from its lead star and weapons-grade jumpscares aplenty, the follow-up offers more of the same grinning carnage.

It's an exceptional sequel that improves almost every aspect of the original. The result is easily one of the year's best horror films. Superstar pop songstress Skye Riley ( Naomi Scott) is coming off a tough year.

"Smile 2" is a flash-cut horror parable, but the story it's telling is that pop fame makes you crazy. Though the movie is hardly subtle, Parker Finn has become a clever enough filmmaker to make reality feel like a hallucination and hallucinations feel like reality.

Parker Finn, director of the breakout horror hit Smile and the upcoming Smile 2, is, well, all smiles about casting Naomi Scott (Charlie's Angels, Aladdin) to play the lead in the sequel. "Naomi is a triple,