‘Smile 2’ Trailer: Naomi Scott Runs but Can’t Hide From Army of Smiling Faces

Pop superstar Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is the latest trauma-burdened victim in Smile 2 , the sequel to Parker Finn’s 2022 horror film. The new trailer erupts with the screams from high school friend Lewis (Lucas Gage), who after running from a creature only he can see, puts on a uncanny grin and slams his face with a weightlifting plate.

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Meanwhile, as globetrotting pop star Skye snaps pictures with fans, appears on The Drew Barrymore Show , and performs for a rapturous crowd, she can’t escape the Cheshire cat-like smile that appears on the faces of fans and friends.

“I’ve traced a string of deaths to you,” a confidante tells Skye in the trailer. “No one has survived longer than a week.”

In the Finn-directed Smile sequel, Skye is embarking on a global tour, but the pressures and horrors of fame overwhelm her. In an attempt to regain her sanity, she must face her dark past.

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In the original Smile , therapist Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) faces a similar fate. Rose watches her own patient put on a menacing grin and take her own life, before the phantom-like figure takes on the appearance of others and warns the doctor that she is the next one to die. The film, with a $17 million budget, grossed more than $217 million globally, according to Box Office Mojo. Its success can be partially attributed to how the arthouse horror “balances psychological shock therapy with old-fashioned fright, shadowy dread with blunt splatterfest FX, an artsy-fartsy sense of stylistics slapped on to a twisty B-movie scenario,” as Rolling Stone’s David Fear described in his review of the film.

The cast of the Paramount Pictures film sequel includes Rosemarie DeWitt, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula, Raúl Castillo, and Kyle Gallner.

The horror flick debuts Oct. 18.

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