After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.
Practical Effects
Smiley mask design is genuinely creepy, wasted here.
Writing
Dialogue so unnatural it achieves accidental comedy.
Director
Michael J. Gallagher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shane Dawson was a massive YouTube star when cast; this was his dramatic debut. The marketing leaned heavily on his fanbase.
Released during peak 'creepypasta' era, it tried to capitalize on Slender Man's viral success but arrived too late and too clumsy.
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