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 , I wish I got paid to make weird sounds that traumatize wagies

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 , so I was like "AYO THIS B-WORD GETTING CHASED BY BARDFINN ", 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 and there were no boobas, major horror faux pas

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