Horror movie Smile 2's opening scene is now online for free – but you have to smile for 7 minutes to watch it

Nov. 4, 2024



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The opening scene of recently released horror movie Smile 2 is now available to watch online for free – but there’s an appropriate twist if you want to press play.

The first seven minutes of the sequel are now streaming on the movie’s official website,Bloody Disgustingreports, but the clip will only play if you smile. Visitors to the site are asked to turn on their webcam, and the video stops playing if you stop smiling – which is a whole lot of cheesing.

The movie stars Aladdin’s Naomi Scott as Skye Riley, an ultra-famous pop star about to embark on a world tour who begins to experience increasingly terrifying (and inexplicable) events that force her to revisit her dark past.

Smile director Parker Finn returns to helm the sequel and the cast also includesThe Boys season 4’s Rosemarie DeWitt, The White Lotus' Lukas Gage, and returning cast member Kyle Gallner. GamesRadar+‘sSmile 2 reviewcalled the film “a visually impressive sequel with solid performances, an expanding lore, and some genuinely scary moments, making it a very successful follow-up to a recent horror favorite.”

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I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism.

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