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Smile 2022 (spoilers)

WARNING: TRAILER SPOILS THE BEST JUMPSCARE

Had seen this in my Amazon prime recommendations for quite some time, but thought it was just some trash until I stumbled upon the final monster scene on YouTube. After watching the above trailer, I definitely had to check this out.

Good:

  • Some great cinematography, interesting skewed/upside down shots to give a feeling of unease throughout.

  • The ultimate monster reveal has a cool design, the multiple mouths and it stretching Rose's face and forcing itself inside her was pretty horrific.

  • GREAT OST.

By Cristobal Tapia de Veer, the same guy who did the OST for the original British Utopia series. Personally, I love freaky Postal 1, silent hill, etc. fricked up soundscapes, so this was right up my alley.

Read the comments :marseylaughpoundfist:, I wish I got paid to make weird sounds that traumatize wagies :marseysad:

Bad:

  • While the monster could easily be seen as a metaphor for trauma, the dialogue really beats a dead horse when it comes to this concept. Perhaps it's being extremely online, but hearing "muh trauma" repeatedly really makes me not want to like this.

  • The penultimate monster form (pre-face removal) looked like a hulking :marseytrain:, so I was like "AYO THIS B-WORD GETTING CHASED BY BARDFINN :marseyxd:", which didn't really help my immersion.

  • Trailer spoiled the best jump scare, the sister's head while Rose is in the car, that was a bummer.

  • The scene where Rose goes on a killing spree at the hospital was so ridiculous, I was cracking up. I don't think that was supposed to be the intended response.

  • Rose was :marseymid: and there were no boobas, major horror faux pas :marseyindignant:

Overall, 6.5/10, will probably watch the sequel. Hopefully de Veer comes back with more soundkino :marseybegging:

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Btw, if you haven't seen Laura Hasn't Slept, give it a watch. It's just as good

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8fw62h

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Great movie. I go back and forth with the decision to personify the trauma as a monster too, but goddarn that monster design is so good. It legit creeped me out.

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Horror trailers inevitably spoil at least one good surprise. They also almost universally show you something from the last five minutes of the film.

That being said, I still thought what they did with the dog was very effective. But that sister moment would have been so much better if it was allowed to be a proper shock.

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what they did with the dog

To clarify, do you mean the birthday scene with the cat? I agree, that was really well done. You're hoping for the sake of everyone involved that it's a hallucination but :marseydisagree:

But that sister moment would have been so much better if it was allowed to be a proper shock.

Yeah, trailer made me jump but in context with the movie I was like "is that it?"

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Oh yes, cat not dog. :marseygigaretard: I thought they underplayed it very well.

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