In Smile, the demon moves through each witness of the smiling suicide and then to the next after 7 days. This chain effect adds to the fear factor by heightening the anticipation among audience members of when the next person will arrive, and who will die next.

Frightening & Intense Scenes (12)\n\n A woman twists her neck (offscreen) and bends her face upside down while smiling outside of a car window. Many solid jump scare scenes. One involving a mutilated face. The film sustains a strong sense of foreboding and threat throughout, with central themes of trauma and death.