Contains mentions of suicide and murder.
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Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Smile and Smile 2!
The Smile Curse is the powerful force that causes many characters to commit suicide throughout the game. Smile and Smile 2and here are all the confirmed victims of the franchise and how they died. The curse of the smile is the main source of conflict throughout the world. Smile franchise, which leads to the death of almost everyone who becomes possessed by it. Both Smile The protagonists, Rose Cotter and Skye Riley, have been victims of the smiling curse, as well as a variety of other characters. So, here’s a full breakdown of every character who’s died so far. Smile 2.
The Smile Entity, sometimes also known as The Monstrosity, is the supernatural force behind the Smile Curse. According to the rules of Smilethe Entity possesses a victim, slowly driving its human host insane until the host ends its own life after four days. Then, another living host who witnessed the previous host’s death is possessed by the Smile Entity, continuing the chain of death. The Smile Entity can create illusions that primarily come in the form of smiling humans, although Smile 2 reveals a variety of other powers that come with Smile Curse.
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10Robert Talley
killed someone else
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Robert Talley is an interesting character in the Smile universe, since he is the only known character who has received the curse of the smile and has lived to tell about it. All of the other victims of the Smile Entity were possessed, became victims for a few days, and then ended their own life, passing it on to the next victim. However, upon investigating the Smile Entity in the original film, Rose Cotter seeks out Robert Talley and he explains to her how he managed to survive his encounter with the demonic force.
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When Rose meets Robert Talley, he is in prison for murder. Talley tells him that instead of ending his own life, he killed someone else. This caused the Smile Entity to be transferred to the key witness to the murder, meaning that Robert himself did not have to die. While this method of exorcising the Smile Entity is not seen anywhere else in the world Smile franchise, Robert suggests that Rose try it, meaning that it appears to be an effective way to pass on the smile curse to another person.
9 Morris’s brother
He tore off his jaw with a crowbar
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In Smile 2protagonist Skye Riley is tracked down by a mysterious stalker named Morris. Morris has been tracking the Smile Entity for his last eight hosts, and has been trying to reach his host before they die. Morris is unable to contact Lewis before his death, but after some digging, Morris discovers that Skye Riley is the last person Lewis texted. This allows Morris to correctly deduce that the Smile Curse happened to her, and the duo met at a bar.
At the bar, Morris explains that his brother was actually a victim of the smiling curse, although no one believed him when he tried to explain the curse. Morris’s brother then ripped his own jaw off with a crowbar and passed the curse on to someone at a gas station. Although this is not confirmed, it would make sense that Morris’s brother would have been the key witness in the murder committed by Robert Talley, although it is possible that there were more victims between the two.
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8 boy at the gas station
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Very little is known about the victim who chased Morris’s brother, and Morris only mentions him briefly. This victim is the one who saw Morris’ brother rip his jaw off with a crowbar. While the gas station man’s method of death is not explained, he is key to linking the events described in Smile 2 to the events of Laura hasn’t sleptcreating the domino effect that continues on Smile and the end of Smile 2.
7 Angela Powell
He put out his eyes
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Although it is not known how the man who witnessed the death of Morris’ brother died, it is known who was present to see it. in the original SmileAn image of a character named Angela Powell is shown, whose story is reconstructed from the events described in Smile and Smile 2. Before the events of Laura hasn’t sleptAngela was infected with the smiling curse and ended her own life while in an elevator.
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According to the original SmileAngela ended her own life by gouging out her eyes. The only person who witnessed this gruesome death is the next victim of the evil Smile Entity chain, Gabriel Muñoz.
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6 Gabriel Muñoz
Hit yourself with a hammer
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Much of the story of Gabriel Muñoz’s time possessed by the Smile Entity comes from the 2020 short film. Laura hasn’t slept as well as the beginning of the original smile. As Laura Weaver explains, Gabriel Muñoz was her art history teacher and had seen Angela Powell gouge out her eyes while she was in the elevator.
This led to Gabriel Muñoz being possessed by the Smile Entity, and he dealt with the Smile Curse for the next few days. Muñoz then ended his own life by breaking his jaw and hitting himself repeatedly with a hammer, with Laura Weaver witnessing this death.
5 Laura Tejedor
Cut with a fragment of a broken pot
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All of the aforementioned deaths occurred before the events of the Smile franchise, with Laura hasn’t slept starting the franchise with the story of Laura Weaver. In the short film, Laura is a graduate student who witnessed her art history professor, Gabriel Muñoz, beating himself to death with a hammer. This led to Laura becoming infected with the Smiling Curse, although her various psychiatrists believed her condition was caused by a psychotic break that was the result of witnessing her teacher’s suicide.
Laura Weaver returns in the first SmileRose Cotter being his doctor. During one of their sessions, the Smile Entity kills Laura, and she uses a fragment of a broken pot to slit his throat. Rose has to witness Laura’s death, this being the Smile The first on-screen death of the franchise and the start of the films’ events.
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4 rose cotter pin
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Rose Cotter is the protagonist of the first Smile film, inheriting the curse of the smile after witnessing the death of Laura Weaver. During the early stages of the curse, Rose tracks down Robert Talley, the only known living victim of the Smile Curse. Robert tells him to try to kill someone else, a method that worked for him. The Smile Curse eventually causes Rose to kill her cat, although the Smile Entity still holds her after this murder.
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Despite spending all of Smile While trying to find a cure, Rose Cotter eventually dies due to the smile curse. At the end of the film, the Smile Entity takes control of Rose, causing her to be drenched in gasoline and burned alive. Joel is there to witness this death, and the Smile Curse chain of deaths does not continue until Joel returns to the beginning of Smile 2.
3Joel
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Kyle Gallner’s Joel returns in Smile 2 six days after being possessed by the Smile Entity at the end of the original Smilehaving lived two days longer than the average victim of the smiling curse. The film begins with Joel showing up at the house of two drug dealers and killing one in the hopes that the witness will become infected with the smile curse. However, he ends up killing them both and his plan fails.
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During this debacle, several more characters appear, including Lewis. Joel tries to flee the scene, although he is hit by a truck while running out of the house. Lewis witnessed Joel’s death, which led to him being possessed by the Smile Entity.
2 Lewis Fregoli
He hits his face with a weight
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In Smile 2Lewis Fregoli is a drug dealer who sells to Skye Riley, and he witnessed Joel’s death while buying more supply from two other dealers. The smile curse slowly drives Lewis insane, causing him to suffer several psychotic breaks. One night, Skye asks Lewis if she can come buy more drugs, and he becomes frantic as soon as she shows up.
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While Skye is in her apartment, the Smile Entity takes control of Lewis. Lewis then takes an iron weight plate and hits him in the face, ending his life. This leads to the Smile Entity taking control of Skye Riley, cursing the protagonist of Smile 2.
1Skye Riley
Force a microphone on your head
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Skye Riley is the main protagonist of Smile 2and became possessed by the smile curse after witnessing Lewis’ suicide. The film chronicles his psychological fall, with hallucinations of his friends, family and more. The smile curse has a massive effect on his career and mental state, as he believes he is working with Morris to get rid of the curse sooner. Smile 2The big twist.
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At the end of Smile 2Skye discovers that she is on stage at one of her concerts. While there, the Smile Entity takes control of her and Skye shoves the microphone into her head. This obviously kills Skye, but it’s not even the scariest part of the movie’s ending. Skye’s death is witnessed by thousands of fans, meaning the Smile Curse may have been passed on to each of them at the end of Smile 2.
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10 8.2/10 Smile 2 HorrorThriller
Smile 2 is the sequel to director Parker Finn’s 2022 psychological horror film that centers on a therapist who witnesses the suicide of a patient, leading to a series of terrifying supernatural events. The sequel will see Finn return as director, with Paramount continuing distribution.
Director Parker Finn Release Date October 18, 2024 Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures Cast Kyle Gallner, Naomi Scott, Lukas Gage, Rosemarie DeWitt, Dylan Gelula, Peter Jacobson, Raul Castillo, Miles Gutiérrez-Riley prequel(s) Smile Main Genre Horror Expand