%20poster.jpg) |
| Smile (2022) |
Happy New Year! For me New Year’s Eve is always about changes and setting new goals. Well, for starters, I thought I’d change the way my posts work in Cinema Head Cheese. You’ll still be getting one post per month by yours truly but Static Age becomes a bi-annual column (which means the next installment will be presented in December 2027) while A Binge too Far will still be available monthly. I decided upon this new arrangement in order for Static Age to grow even bigger and include more content each time (I’m thinking more than fifty subjects overall tackled per post), while of course A Binge too Far will remain pretty much the same, featuring a special each time that’ll included a couple reviews of a duo of films or a trilogy. Got it?
.jpg)
Smile (2022) poster
Smile (2022)
Clinical
psychiatrist Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) takes her job seriously and approaches
each case with care and ethos. When one day a patient with a haunting smile
kills herself in front of her, she will have to search deep into her own family
history and face severe trauma from the past.
Written and
directed by Parker Finn (his feature-length debut, based on a short film he
made) this well-made horror opus is scary (the jump scares will shake your
foundation) and takes its subject matter seriously (kudos for approaching the
sensitive nature of mental health so carefully). With a budget of $17 million,
it went on to gross $217.4 million, proving to be one of the most successful
pictures of the year, regardless of genre. It is the kind of film that gives us
hope about where our beloved horror genre is going; it has me thinking that it
is in good hands.
.jpg)
Smile 2 (2024) poster
Smile 2 (2024)
Pop superstar
Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is about to embark on a lengthy world tour when the
pressure and stress gets the better of her and she has a mental breakdown that
becomes a drug addiction. However this will prove to be only the beginning of
her troubles as she experiencing uncanny visions and weird happenings.
Writer/director
Parker Finn returns with a sequel that doesn’t exactly surpasses the original
in eeriness, but it is much bigger in scope – the generous $28 million budget
allowed for that, not to mention the running time that exceeds the 2 hour mark
– resulting in a horror blockbuster that is difficult to deny. It was nominated
for several awards and it even won a few of them, the critics praised it, and
the audiences rewarded it with $138.1 million at the box-office. Needless to
say another sequel is already on the way.
Get books, comics, graphic novels and more at bunny17media.com. Use the code CHC at checkout for 15% off your purchase!
Follow Cinema Head Cheese:
Website: cinemaheadcheese.com
Facebook: /cinemaheadcheese
Twitter: @CinHeadCheese
You can support Cinema Head Cheese and Abnormal Entertainment on our Support Us page.