Honorable Mention Post: November 8th; Smile 2

Hi all! This post is a honorable mention post! Not a long or interesting one, but it's a funny story and I felt the need to share.

The night of November 8th I made the decision to go see Smile 2 in theaters. By myself. Originally, my best friend, my literal other half, was supposed to come with me, but he had plans come up and I decided to still go.

"Oh, I'll be fine! It's just a scary movie!" I thought.

Oh, how I was wrong.

Attached to this is a photo I edited of the text messages I sent to my friend that I thought were the funniest. I was in shambles.

I had never seen Smile 1, but after looking at reviews, they said I didn't need to watch Smile 1 in order to see the second movie. I already knew the main plot: people get infected by the 'Smile Demon' and the only way to break the curse is to kill someone in front of another person in order to pass the curse. Sure. Creepy, scary, easy enough to understand.

I got my popcorn, my drink and settled in. The theater was nearly empty, but there were two men sitting in the same aisle as me.

The movie starts, I'm so excited!

After 20 mintues I thought to myself, "Oh, maybe I made the wrong decision seeing this by myself."

Still, I persevered. This was when the texts to my friend started. I was actively terrified, but kept telling myself that I wasn't a quitter. My mother didn't raise a quitter.

Somehow, I sat through the movie for another HOUR AND A HALF. The jumpscares were so bad I was watching through my fingers like they do in movies. That was literally me. I was terrified.

Every time a jumpscare happened I was jumping literally out of my seat. I know the two men in my row were enjoying seeing my fear as I could hear them giggling everytime I jolted out of my seat. What was worse is they looked to be my age, so I couldn't even say I was younger than them and it was okay for me to scared 😂

After another hour and a half, I texted my mother and told her I was terrified, and she responded with, "Hey! Leave!"

I guess my mother did raise a quitter.

I grabbed my popcorn, drink, coat and purse and high-tailed it to the bathroom in shame. I sat in the bathroom for a little while, and sent the lovely photo of me looking traumatized to both my friend and mother. I checked how long it was for a bus back to my house and left for the bus stop after that.

I do believe if I was with my best friend, I would've stayed through the whole thing.

Another important part of this story - the movie was at 9PM, meaning it was well after 10:30PM when I got home. At this point, I was also staying with my future host family as my host parents were out of the country.

Did I tell my future host family I left the movie early becuase I was terrified? Absolutely not. Did I sleep with my lamp on that night? Also no. I slept with three on.

Moral of the story, I will never be watching Smile 1 or 2 every again. Or any new ones to come out. I am severely traumatized.

Talk soon!

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