“Smile 2,” filmmaker Parker Finn’s audacious ... narrative allusions to the Britney Spears saga alongside big doses of body horror. His film’s lead, Naomi Scott, evokes Ariana Grande ...

Writer/director Parker Finn’s feature debut Smile boasts the thinnest of premises based on a laundry list of horror movie trends and tropes, from the historical to the contemporary.

A record-breaking horror film described ... viral marketing campaign meant all eyes were on the supernatural thriller when it came to the big screen, with Smile garnering a whopping $138.1 million ...