What Is the Horror Movie ‘Smile’ Based On? – We Got This Covered

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Smile is a 2022 horror film about a therapist who is trailed by a sneering force that possesses her patients. The only people grinning more than Smiles antagonists are its producers, as the flick has grossed $137 million, an extravagant sum for horror.

Although Smile seems to have come out of nowhere to dominate the nightmare-ket, it is a faithful adaptation. Heres what inspired Hollywoods hottest horror.

Smile comes from a short film titled, Laura Hasnt Slept, which debuted in 2020. It stars Caitlin Stasey as a sleepless woman and Lew Temple as a therapist whom she seeks to rid her subconscious of a sinister smiling man. After it won the Special Jury Award at the South by Southwest film festival, director Parker Finn got the greenlight from Paramount to turn it into a feature. In 2021, the film was announced under the name Somethings Wrong with Rose with Sosie Bacon attached to star. It was retitled Smile and filmed with Bacon as Rose the therapist and the short films lead, Stasey, playing the lead patient.

The short film that inspired Smile is not available on any of the standard video platforms. In fact, it seems to be absent from the internet in any legal form. We can presume that Laura Hasnt Slept was suppressed by Paramount for Smiles release. Thankfully, a Redditor that appears to be Parker Finn revealed that the short will be included on the Smile Blu-ray. The 4K Blu-ray is set to be released on Dec. 13.

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