Smile 2 (2024)
Directed by Parker Finn
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.
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What critics compared Smile 2 to
Hay algo en ella, estilística y temáticamente, de 'Vox Lux' (2018) y de 'Smile 2' (2024).
From Vox Lux to Trap to Smile 2, this decade has seen a mini-boom in horror (and horror-adjacent) films centered around pop stars.
…films like the Suspiria remake, Trap, Smile 2, A Star is Born and Vox Lux all seem to gain energy from our fascination with women-on-stage in the Taylor Swift/Chappell Roan/Sabrina Carpenter era…
While on the surface the film may appear to be joining the ranks of "Vox Lux," "Trap," and "Smile 2" in its askew look at pop stardom…
“Mother Mary” borrows a lot of elements from other movies: “Black Swan” (2010), “Suspiria” (2019), “Talk to Me” (2022), “Smile 2” (2024).
Smile 2 inventively choosing to rehash the plotline of its first outing with a world-famous pop star falling under the same curse.
(Is it sacrilege to suggest she sometimes has the slightest whiff of Isabelle Adjani’s unhinged “Possession” performance?)
…the kind of disturbed precision that joins her with Naomi Scott in Smile 2 and Nell Tiger Free in The First Omen on a very short list of recent horror leads who threw themselves entirely into a role.
The excellent Smile 2 descended into psychedelic madness…
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…real superstars act more like “Smile 2” (2024) on stage…