Will there be a second part? The terrifying ending of “Smile” explained.

Since September 29th, ‘Smile’, the first horror film by Parker Finn, has arrived in theaters, and which is spoken of as one of the best previews of 2022 in the genre. And for those who have already been able to go and see it, he will know that the ending of the film needs a couple of explanations on what happened, regarding the curse of Dr. Rose Cotter.

For his first feature film, director Parker Finn has chosen to continue in the same universe as his short films, in particular “Laura Hasn’t Slept”. In theory, ‘Smile’ it has a scary and simple ending, considering that the story is very easy to understand. Dr. Rose Cotter (played by Sosie Bacon) witnesses the death of one of her patients and from then on, strange things start happening to her.

And what better way than the director to explain the end of his own film. Parker Finn attended an interview with polygonalto give a broad explanation of the end of ‘Smile’. First of all, it must be said that after learning about the smiling entity that takes control of people, Laura explains that there is a monster that only she can see, that has a terrible smile in the form of known people, whether they are alive or death.

Rose begins to investigate what is going on behind all the strange events with the help of her ex-boyfriend, Joel, played by Kyle Gallner, a police officer who doesn’t initially want to help her, but who, after discovering the suicide chain, , he is convinced that everything that is happening is real.

The explanation of the ending of ‘Smile’

But now yes, advancing up to the explanation of the end of ‘Smile’. Rose meets Robert Talley, the sole survivor of the curse, and who is in prison for killing her partner. It is when the doctor realizes that, in order to get rid of the smiling monster, he must commit murder, but with a special requirement, a witness to pass on the curse.

However, herein lies the secret to breaking the curse, the monster game makes believe that having a witness is the only way to get rid of it. But that’s not the case, Rose realizes that if there are no witnesses, the curse cannot be passed on. This is when the entity appears in the form of her mother. She tries to make him go away, but Rose holds her position and sets him on fire.

However, nothing happened, Rose imagined it, and she is still inside the house, where the monster awaits her. Desperate, she sets herself on fire, showing an eerie smile on her face and, unfortunately, Joel is there to witness her death, perpetuating the curse, and now he’s her next victim.