Parker Finn had one of the surprise horror hits of the year with Smile, starring Sosie Bacon and Kyle Gallner. With a story ...

The creepy smile is a trope that’s old as the medium of movies. A villain does something unspeakable. The “unspeakable” event happens off-camera, so your mind can conjure up all sorts of ...

but Finn takes his horror metaphor seriously, using Skye’s addiction and mental health issues as a way to position the smile demon as a representation of addiction; a parasite that causes ...