The shapeshifting demon of Smile and its new sequel, Smile 2, is like an internet edgelord of evil: It doesn’t just feast on the distress of its triggered victims, it meets that feeling with a ...

Parker Finn’s American psychological supernatural horror movie Smile 2 delivers a haunting, mind-bending conclusion that leaves the audience questioning reality and expands the curse we were ...

Parker Finn on the set of "Smile 2" (Paramount Pictures) Writer/director Parker Finn found success in “Smile 2” not by slavishly replicating the thrills of the original, but by taking what ...

And boy, does it live up to the hype. "Smile 2" is the sequel to the 2022 film "Smile," which starred Sosie Bacon as a psychiatrist named Rose Cotter who finds herself the victim of a curse after ...

If 2022’s Smile slapped a grin on anybody’s face, it was that of first-time director Parker Finn, who spun a simple yet effective horror about a malevolent, smirking entity into over $217 ...

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transcript Parker Finn narrates a sequence from “Smile 2,” starring Naomi Scott. “Hi, I’m Parker Finn. I am the writer, director and one of the producers of “Smile 2.” This scene takes ...

You never quite know where a new horror franchise is coming from. Parker Finn probably didn't think that Smile 3 would be such an obvious slam-dunk when he made Laura Hasn't Slept — the 2020 ...

She’s been working as a journalist for more than 10 years. [Ed. note: This post gets into the end of Smile 2 to discuss the future of the franchise. Read on only if you or the Smile demon ...