One of the easiest ways to tell that a horror movie has confidence in its scares is when it doesn't need a monster in the frame. Some of the most effective horror images of the past few years have been built around something much simpler: a smile. A creepy grin has become a recurring fixture in modern horror. It's central to the identity of Smile and Smile 2. It appears throughout Obsession as Nikki's (Inde Navarrette) behavior becomes increasingly disturbing. The Evil Dead franchise has spent years turning smiles into expressions of pure malice, and Evil Dead Burn looks ready to continue the tradition. Even movies like Truth or Dare and characters like Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) from Terrifier have relied on the same basic discomfort.
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