Smile is a true rags-to-riches story of indie filmmaking. Parker Finn‘s short, Laura Hasn’t Slept, premiered at SXSW, where it won the Special Jury Award and caught the attention of Paramount. They developed it as a feature with the intention of going straight to streaming, but test screening reactions were so strong that they pivoted […]
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Originally made for Paramount+, Parker Finn‘s Smile was instead released into theaters and has scared up an incredible $215 million worldwide to date, a massive success for Paramount that’s sure to jumpstart Finn’s career here in the horror industry. But where did it all begin for the filmmaker? It was back in 2019 when Finn […]
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Parker Finn‘s Smile was a huge success in theaters, the film thus far scaring up $188 million worldwide and still managing to stick around in the Top 5 over a month after its release. When is Smile coming to Blu-ray, you ask? At this time, Amazon is listing the Smile 4K, Blu-ray and DVD release […]
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A new curse is born from an unsettling grin in Parker Finn‘s Smile. Sosie Bacon stars as protagonist Dr. Rose Cotter, a doctor who finds themselves haunted by an eerie grin after witnessing a traumatic event at her workplace. Ahead of the film’s release in theaters this weekend, Bloody Disgusting spoke with Bacon about starring in a horror […]
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Smile, out in theaters this Friday, is the “intensely creepy debut feature” from writer/director Parker Finn. His feature debut makes for an interesting spiritual successor to his 2020 short film, “Laura Hasn’t Slept,” which stars Caitlin Stasey as a woman seeking help from her therapist over her troubling nightmares. Ahead of Smile‘s release on September 30, Bloody Disgusting spoke […]
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What makes you smile? Paramount Players’ Smile, from writer/director Parker Finn, posed this question in a new mysterious teaser trailer that played in theaters ahead of Top Gun: Maverick and now David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future. Today, a full trailer and details have been released for the horror slated for release on September 30. In the film… “After witnessing a […]
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