Smile 2
Smile 2 is a 2024 American psychological supernatural horror film written and directed by Parker Finn. A sequel to Smile (2022), the film stars Naomi Scott as a pop star who begins to experience a series of increasingly disturbing events as she is about to go on tour. It also features Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula, and Raúl Castillo, as well as Kyle Gallner reprising his role from the first film.
Plot
Six days after witnessing Rose Cotter's suicide and having the Smile Entity's curse passed onto him, police officer Joel attempts to pass it on by confronting two criminals, intending to make one of them his witness. After killing one, the intended witness dies in a shootout. However, drug dealer Lewis Fregoli inadvertently witnesses the event and inherits the curse. Now free, Joel attempts to flee more approaching criminals but is run-over and killed by an oncoming pickup truck.
More details
author | Parker Finn |
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director | Parker Finn |
editor | Elliot Greenberg |
genre | horror |
keywords | abandon attack best friend brain damage break car crash drug dealer estrange fall grammy grammy awards horrify in the closet kill madison square garden mental health new york city opening night pickup truck pizza hut police officer pop star resuscitate resuscitation smile stab substance abuse traumatize vicodin warn weight plate |
musicBy | Cristobal Tapia de Veer |
producer | Isaac Klausner Marty Bowen Parker Finn Robert Salerno Wyck Godfrey |
productionCompany | Bad Feeling Temple Hill Entertainment |
publisher | Paramount Pictures |
theme | monster movie psychological horror sequel short |