Smile (Paramount Pictures) [4K Ultra HD Review]

Smile debuted on September 30 this year, seemingly appearing from nowhere, just in time for Halloween. In the few short months since then, the paranormal thriller and debut feature film by director Parker Finn managed to surpass a startling $200 million. Now that it’s available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD, the scares can be brought home to slumber parties and Netflix n’ chills the world over. If one could point to what sets Smile apart from other original paranormal horror films in recent years, one could lay out three things. The first is the movie’s willful presentation of the material through an aesthetic that lends itself to the Creepypasta tales that started to dominate collective scare-obsessed minds in recent years. From Slender Man to Momo and, yes, The Smiling Man, these are ...

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