SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Smile 2 . If you haven’t seen the film yet, proceed at your own risk! There are plenty of monster-centric horror movies that end with the protagonist and their friends and/or family successfully triumphing over evil..
. but writer/director Parker Finn’s Smile is not one of those movies. Not only is Sosie Bacon’s Rose driven over the edge in her battle against the grinning entity, but she passes on the curse by self-immolating in front of Kyle Gallner’s Joel.
Smile has a shocking conclusion that you’d think would be hard to top, but that’s achieved in the sequel, as the Smile 2 ending is much bigger and totally bonkers. Parker Finn makes great use of deception and perception in the new horror movie , and as such, you may find yourself asking a lot of questions. Fortunately, we have some answers for you, including commentary from the filmmaker himself about his approach to the ending in the critically acclaimed movie .
Before we dig into consequences of everything, let’s first do a quick recap of what happens in Smile 2 , which is now in theaters . What Happens At The End Of Smile 2 In her last ditch effort to try and rid herself of the smiling demon, Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) drives with Gemma (Dylan Gelula) to Staten Island so that they can meet Morris (Peter Jacobson) and test his hypothetical cure. There is a nice bit of terror experienced on the way, as Skye gets a phone call from the real Gemma.