The following contains spoilers for Smile 2, now streaming on Paramount+Smile 2‘s ending sets up Smile 3, but that film could lose the strongest aspects of the franchise. Smile 2 was a critical and commercial hit, building on the success of the previous film by shifitng the story from Sosie Bacon’s Dr. Rose Cotter to the globally-known pop-star Skye Riley. Infected with the same seemingly demonic entity that preys on trauma and spreads through horrific acts of self-harm, Riley’s arc was unique to Rose’s but consistent with the rules and themes of the first film. The result was a compelling companion piece to the original that amplified the horror.

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