Smiley (2012 film)

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Smiley is a 2011 American psychological horror horror film directed by Michael Gallagher and created by Level 10 Films. Movie stars Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Keith David, Shane Dawson, Andrew James Allen, Toby Turner, and Liza Weil. The film was released on October 12, 2012.

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Plot

Her plot revolves around the titular Smileys killer, the subject of Internet myth. Supposedly, if someone on the Chatroulette-style site typed the phrase "I did it for lulz" three times, their chat partner would be killed by a murderer named Smiley, so named because he mutilated his own face by sewing his own eyes. closed and carved her mouth with a smile, before they themselves were killed.

A student named Ashley (Gerard) became a roommate with Proxy (Papalia). Ashley decides to go to a party where she meets Zane (Allen), Mark (Turner) and Binder (Dawson), who is ridiculed by her classmates for reporting a pedophile case, earning her the nickname of Pedobear.

One night Ashley and Proxy tested Smiley's myth with people at random. After typing "I did it for lulz" three times, they were horrified, the stranger was killed. Proxy assures Ashley to keep quiet. However, Ashley begins to experience guilt over the alien's death. He also began to believe that Smiley followed him and intended to kill him; his friends and a psychiatrist write this as a hallucination and a nightmare. Ashley eventually went to the police; there he tried to convince them, it was no use, to investigate the murders caused by Smiley. The police basically fired him, implying that he's going to be crazy and very likely to receive the end of big and complicated jokes.

When Proxy lost contact with Zane, he was video chat Ashley, in hysterics. Ashley goes to her house to check on her, only to find him shooting dead with a gun he bought in self-defense. Instead of calling the police, Ashley took a gun and ordered Proxy to type "I did it for lulz" three times, hoping to ambush and kill Smiley. However, he accidentally shot Binder, who came to examine him. Moments later, Smiley appears and cuts Binder's throat. Ashley was subsequently attacked by some Smileys, eventually throwing himself out the window into death allegedly to escape from them.

It was later revealed that all of Ashley's classmates, including Proxy, Binder, and babysitter were killed in the opening, all part of the Anonymous suburbs. They create Smiley myths as a big joke, though they are satisfied with Ashley's death. Binder states that Smiley is likely to live long after them and inspire imitative murder.

Later, Proxy did a video chat with Zane, questioning their morality. Zane dismissed his worries and typed "I did it for lulz" three times as a joke. However, the real Smiley appears behind Proxy, kills him, and then waves in Zane via webcam. In the post-credit scene, Ashley is revealed to have survived his downfall.

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Cast

• Caitlin Gerard as Ashley Brookes

• Melanie Papalia as Proxy
• Shane Dawson as Binder
• Andrew James Allen as Zane
• Liza Weil as Dr. Jenkins
• Toby Turner as Mark
• Roger Bart as Professor Clayton
• Keith David as Diamond
• Patrick O'Sullivan as Cooper
• Nikki Limo as Stacy
• Jason Horton as Flasher
• Bree Essrig as Kim
• Darrien Skylar as Mary
• Michael Traynor as Smiley
• Shanna Malcolm as extra

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Production and release

Gallagher started working on Smiley after appearing on several episodes of the serial Totally Sketch on YouTube. As he produces the film itself, Smiley has a small budget and Gallagher is active in different parts of the film as well as advertising and seeking MPAA approval. Gallagher initially argued with stockings with smiling faces painted as Smiley masks, but discarded the idea for "not scary enough". He chose to go with the last mask after imagining a "man who sews an emoticon into his own face and thinks, 'Wow, that's really creepy. ' " Theatrical rights to the film were bought by AMC Theaters who gave this film a limited screening on their independent platform on October 12, 2012.

There are two film versions: one TV-14 rating and one R rating. This movie plays in selected AMC cinemas across the United States, with fans able to request to play Smiley screen in their cities. via Tugg.

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Reactions from 4chan and Anonymous

Prior to the official theatrical release of the film, Gallagher and his family began receiving threats from people suspected of coming from 4chan and Anonymous. Personal information for Gallagher, his family, and anyone who has worked at Smiley has posted online with the recommendation that people use it to harass them. In an interview with Fearnet, Gallagher stated that the site has posted information as part of "Operation Fuck Smiley" and that "Their goal is to ruin the end of the movie, post pornography and gore on every website that talks about it , judging the movie is so low... it is this horrible grudge, as they want to destroy it because we are talking about 4chan in the movie. "The validity of this claim is questioned by Cole Strycker, author of Epic Win for Anonymous expressed suspicion that Gallagher was trying to use death threats as a publicity stunt to promote the film. In response, Gallagher insists that the threat of murder is real and not used as a publicity stunt.

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Reception

The film received a very negative review and holds an 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on an average rating of 3.5/10 based on 22 reviews; some reviews have called the movie "tore" Scream and Candyman . Critics center on "boring" or "generic" film claims, with additional criticism of acting performances and lack of originality. Smiley also received negative reviews from The A.V. Club and The New York Times .

Bloody Disgusting highlighted the film, stating that the authors "took a strong modern idea, thought it over and turned it into a 90s movie that would make you throw popcorn to the screen." Variety calls the movie "uninspired", saying that "the chaos here is not especially horrible or stressful". Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times provided a more positive review, calling the film "a less-than-satisfying low-key creeper". Olsen praised the performances of Gerard, Weil, David, and Bart, but called the story "repetitive".

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Smiley on IMDb
• Smiley at Rotten Tomatoes
• Smiley in Metacritic

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