One of the biggest horror hits of the year, a follow up to one of the biggest horror hits of 2022in fact, it’s about to invade your streams: Smile 2 coming to Paramount+ tomorrow, December 3rd. It seems likely that a third film will follow (it’s something from writer-director Parker Finn has already hinted), so here’s your chance to catch up with one of the genre’s most energetic new franchises.
Smile 2 will arrive digitally at the end of November and will have a physical release on January 21st. But the best way to see it, outside of the theater, is on Paramount+, especially if watching the sequel makes you revisit the original, which is also streaming. there
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— Paramount+ (@paramountplus) December 2, 2024
Nothing to say, though, about the first film’s superbly stressed star, Sosie Bacon, but we preferred it. Smile 2The flashy pop star setting, with Naomi Scott making an outstanding focal point amidst all the grimacing terrors. Here’s the official synopsis:
“About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and unexplained events. Overwhelmed by mounting horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to confront her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.”
If you really want to go wild, pair up Smile 2 with a hunter by M. Night Shyamalan trapwhich is playing on Max and is another entry in the “musical superstar caught in a whirlwind of nightmares” genre, although trap missing Smile 2the supernatural mastery of the scale.
catch Smile 2The Smiling Epidemic from Paramount+ starting tomorrow, December 3rd.
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