In an early scene in ''Smile 2,'' the fictional pop superstar Skye Riley is in her drug dealer's apartment. ''Do you believe in weird stuff?'' he asks her, between doing lines of coke.

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.

Writer-Director Parker Finn's Smile 2 is one of the best theater horror experiences of the year, thanks to its darkness and its absurdity. The post REVIEW: ‘Smile 2’ Is The Sequel I Didn’t Know I Needed appeared first on But Why Tho?

Following the impressive worldwide box office performance of Smile in 2022, and the enduring popularity of the supernatural shocker amongst genre fans, director Parker Finn’s sequel does everything a horror follow-up should,

This time, the movie follows pop superstar Skye Riley, played by Naomi Scott, as she battles the pressures of fame, a traumatic past and the madness brought on by the curse. "She is going through a lot that I think people can relate to in an very ...

The new horror sequel from writer/director Parker Finn is a suitably bigger companion piece to its predecessor. Where Smile focused on the everyday traumas that people can carry with them, Smile 2 steps it up to the celebrity level,

"Smile 2" lands as unsettling grins are plastered on pumpkins and politicians alike as we approach Halloween and Election Day.

"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.

Say cheese. Two years ago, Parker Finn scared the living daylights out of audiences with his hit horror movie Smile. A feature film debut grossing $217.4 million on a $17 million budget? Not bad at all.