How To Beat THE CURSE in "Smile" 

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One of my favorite parts of this movie is at the beginning when the patient says "it wants to get inside me". I believed it meant like a classical possession or whatever, but at the end, the giant creature literally climbs inside her body

Why is it that anyone being haunted or something is dating someone who would never believe them? Can we get a real supportive relationship in a horror movie for once? Two heads are better than one anyway.

It is extremely hard to beat the curse in Smile. Most people don't have the guts to murder someone, let alone in front of a witness. And going to a remote location devoid of people is quite the task when the Smile demon is mindfucking you with hallucinations.

I think the biggest thing people overlook for beating the demon is that the demon is in her mind and knows all her thoughts. Wanna go on suicide watch? The demon can just trick u into thinking you’ve checked yourself in but turns out you’re just talking to illusions.

I think this is a misconception about the movie, the demon doesn’t get transferred just because you watch the person die, it will only transfer if the death causes trauma. Trauma is what feeds it. Remember the guy in the prison said if you want to kill someone to transfer the demon, make sure it’s gruesome enough to cause trauma. In real life, the manner of death is mostly likely to cause trauma than the death itself.

I was so mad that she kept going to people who wouldn’t Believe here. If this was me I would be going to a spiritualist, priest, exorcist, someone who legitimately believes that something supernatural is haunting me😭

First girl with the curse didn’t just drop dead. She slit her throat right in front of the doctor. It’s passed by trauma.

I'm still waiting for a horror movie where the victim immediately begins kicking the spirit's ass. Just charging at it as soon as they see it and laying a good old fashioned ass kicking on it. I bet no demon expects that.

Joel had the absolute best chance to beat it. He knows what this thing is and how it works by now. When he kicks in the door and she’s there covered in the lamp oil with the match, he should simply say “ya know what, clearly I came at a bad time, I’m gonna go…”, turn around and take off, don’t look back, out of sight, out of mind.

Actually the easiest way to beat Smile would've been to seek psychiatric help. Ironic, given that our main character was a psychiatrist. If she told her boss that she's worried she might be a danger to herself or to others (which she 100% was), they might've put her on suicide watch until the demon starved. But against better judgement, our psychiatrist just kept running around in circles even after she killed her own cat. I really liked the movie, probably the scariest horror flick in recent years to me but those are the thoughts I had when I watched it. Clarification: I know we all like to get into the nitty-gritty of how exorcisms and demons are supposed to work but this entire movie has an overt message: If you are in distress, seek help. This whole film was a metaphor for how dismissive people can be in regards to mental illness. The stigma of "being crazy" made Rose not want to seek psychiatric help and in the end she "lost the battle against her demons" if you know what I mean.

As a person with a history of hallucinations, I know all too well the unsettling feeling of not being able to trust your senses. One thing that's helped me cope is grounding myself in reality. If I see something, then it vanishes, I don't panic, but rather remind myself that's not how reality works and it was never really there in the first place. If I see a lamp sway, or the floor ripple, or a wall look like it's about to tip over on me, I know that's not how reality operates, those things don't do that. If I feel something crawl on my skin or hear a voice, I verify the source and check it mentally against what I know about reality. It's saved my sanity through the years. It's something I've lived with since childhood and rational analysis has been the biggest help in coping.

Thank you so much. You have changed my life. I was being haunted by a demonic spirit, but I remembered this video. I downloaded Raid: Shadow Legends and the demon started to writhe and die in front of me.

When he mentioned that demons follow rules and laws, i pictured someone trying to free themselves from being haunted by making a legal case against the demon, accusing them of not following their own rules. It sounds like a good base for a legal drama.

Him just confidently declaring that someone working on their PhD is naturally not in a poor financial situation had me rolling X'D

The demon was harmed by the fire. The fire represents the present. Trauma and stress represent the future and the past. The only way to defeat the devil in your mind is to shed light onto it; self awareness. Thats what this whole movie is about.

I would pretend that I’m drunk and wasted af and would walk around a dodgy area. When a group of at least two people try to take advantage of me I will murder one of them. I could argue it was in self defence and avoid prison. It’s risky I know but there is no way I’m dying with a stupid ass smile on my face while I pass the curse onto a loved one, or a good person.

You’re right, if a patient is having delusions, you don’t tell them that their delusions are false. It’ll only turn them hostile

I love how he keeps it family friendly by not mentioning the fact that the girl slit her own throat and didn’t die all of a sudden

I really like how this guy literally gave us advices on how to kill someone.

Usually I agree with HTB's videos, but this one I don't. I watched the movie myself and the "demon" (I quote it because in the movie, it is never clearly stated what it is. It is almost represented like an unknown phenomenon.) is seemingly impossible to rid of, except the obvious that is stated in the movie; to kill someone and have a witness. Or yourself. If you also watch "Laura hasn't slept", which is the prequel to this movie, it gives more insight and just really solidifes that once you get involved with the Smile "thing", that is it, game over. With that being said, highly recommend anyone to watch this. It is the first good horror movie I've seen in forever, and doesn't have that resolution that most horror movies do.

I always end up watching these videos instead of the actual movie because I don't want to get nightmares It's still scary but having someone talking over the clips helps me distance myself Edit: Guys I'm talking about these videos in general not this specific movie, I didn't even watch the video before writing this comment. Stop insulting me already 😞

The solution is just to rip the biggest farts whenever the demon presents itself. Not only do you clear the room of witnesses but you release something so evil from the depths of your ass that even the demon is stumped by the smelly horror.

The "taking your senses" away idea is actually pretty solid. The curse also appears to be on a time limit and, for some reason, only requires one witness to be present. There must be a reason why infected people just don't slit their throat on times square or somewhere busy. I would take my chances with opaque contact lenses, a pair of headphones and just camping out at a big airport. See when the demon gets bored.

ngl, one of my biggest fears is disformed/unsettling looking faces (i think the fear is called dysmorphophobia but i could be wrong). even just the thought of seeing someone staring and grinning at me is absolutely terrifying. but i'm obsessed with horror and really wanna watch this movie for the thrills, so i'm tryna use this video as a way to watch it and also with your commentary it's less scary, although i keep finding myself running to the comments to hide from the screen 😭

This is probably the only movie I watched before how to beat made a video about it. I was very shocked to actually see gore and not just blurs 😂

What if the trauma she was supposed to overcome was the death of her patient rather than the childhood trauma?

Ironically, the way to defeat the demon is to just not care about it. The trauma compounds on itself over time, so if she would have for example just ignored the smiling patient and not give a damn, it would have not gotten more control. And she discovers about the trauma when meeting with the prisoner, so there are dozens of ways of reducing the amount of trauma from then on. It would then slowly get weaker. The hallucinations in the beginning are not very big and/or upsetting or even elaborate, but they become bigger and more elaborate as she becomes more unhinged. Obviously, it's a movie and all that, but I hate how 90% of the bad stuff could have been easier to get through by simply communicating. Like to her boss: "I think this case has impacted me quite a lot, because I'm starting to see things. Can you give me some medication that will help me calm down?" Et voila. Meds = no trauma. Demon staved off. Another interesting thing, people with depression are less capable of feeling strong emotions. Would this mean depressed people are immune to the curse? Like imagine the scene with the patient going "You are going to die?" and the person replying with: "Yes, please. Can you help?" :D

19:08 was the scariest jump scare I have ever seen

On one hand having a psychiatrist as the main character for a trauma based demon is brilliant; on the other hand she really should have been able to handle it better.

"A student doing her PhD would not only be confident enough, but also be financially and mentally stable.." Me, doing my PhD, knowing we go through mental and financial issues: 0_0

This demon: “I am inevitable.” Me with 100% VA claims because of PTSD: “And I am Iron Man”

The head bending into the car window legit caught me off guard lmao!

"If your own therapist is trying to kill you, you aren't living the right way" - How to Beat , 2022

This is honestly a normal memetic hazard. Hearing the whisper infects your mind creating the halucinations and the whole being haunted.. Class B amnestics to all affected, quaranteen, down the internet, radio and exclude audio in tv.

The thing about this curse is that it is already in her mind and can make her see and do things that aren't real from the very beginning. In other universes like conjuring the demon has to slowly make the target fear itself so that it can feed of this fear and dominate the target. I think the smile works similar but instead of trying to implant the fear from outside to take over the victim of the smile gets cursed once they see the previous victim kill itself. The smile then spreads like a virus via inflicted trauma on a person and goes inside their head since non of the things rose saw was ever real. If the smile can read her mind or not is questionable but it was already way more powerful in the beginning than common demons. It made her kill and wrap her cat as a present without her noticing it which would require a very complex illusion or a temporary full body takeover. Theoretically the whole birthday party and the fight with her sister could have been a illusion to make her think she has no one to trust anymore as it noticed the tension at the restaurant. I believe for the smile to take over it is required that the victim fears the smile to death which then allows the smile to take over the body and kill them. As we saw the previous girl terrified in a corner in fear it might see the curse again and then escalating in fear completely as the smile pretended to be the therapist. With no escape and the fear to die the smile took over her and killed her in front of rose which inflicted enough trauma to spread over to her. Now rose as a therapist strongly believes she knows what is real and what's not and trust in herself that she has her life full under her control. With small hallucinations the curse starts to implant doubts on herself and on her reality but to make her fall from believing in herself it had to show her that she truly had lost control over her actions by killing her cat and make her look crazy in front of everyone. As a therapist you should have a good understanding how the patients feel if no one trusts or believes them and her fear would of course be that no one believes her and turns against her. But she held on to believe she could escape or destroy the curse by confronting it so the curse tricked her into believing she defeated it. Thats when she left her guard down and the curse revealed it's trick. Coughed off guard she ran away only to find herself in a way worse position: back at her old house but now with a witness and a reason for the curse to kill her. She realized that she ran out of time and options to escape and cornered in her old house with her death sentence behind the door the fear of death is very reasonable. A witness to die and the fear of a inevitable death all the requirements for the curse were met as she gave up on her knees accepting death. My theory on how to beat the curse is do not fall into fear. In the old house in her illusion, i think this was the first time the curse tried to take over her but her believe that without a witness the curse wouldn't kill her she had enough mental strength to dominate the curse even to it could just have taken over her and simply walk to the next piece of civilization. The curse noticed that she didn't fear it enough and that it couldn't win in this moment so it changed its plan and pretended like it was defeated. Showing her that it was not made her believe that it was invincible and her fear of death came back and gave the curse the upper hand again. To truly defeat the curse you have to make the curse fear you to death. If in her ex boyfriends apartment she would have faced the curse a second time in stead of running away the curse would have start fearing her realizing she figured out how to beat it and she wouldn't fear it again thus taking its power over her away and leaving the curse vulnerable now. Knowing that if you don't fear the curse it becomes powerless you will automatically less fear it and it will slowly starve to death.

I just watched it literally 30 minutes ago and I didn't expect to love it so much. The whole twist of her still losing despite all her effort is so scary and yet so real. I saw the creator (I believe that's who it was) talk a bit about it and mentioning how people want to know their monsters are beatable, that they can win the fight. Nothing is scarier than doing everything right, and still losing. Healing is a lifelong journey, not a 4 day or 2 month or 1 year journey, a lifelong one. The goal isn't to entirely defeat our monsters, but to live with them and let them know that we are the bosses, not them.

"..and Joel realizes that getting back with your ex is never a good idea," 🤣🤣 I love this channel! Keep up the fantastic work!

It’s literally a metaphor for people that have been traumatized now go on to hurt others either on purpose or accidentally. “Hurt people hurt people”

This video was posted during my recovery period after I went to the hospital for jaw surgery and I just got to watching it today and it was very calm and relaxing and really made me feel good during my recovery period...so thank you.

you realize that when you kill someone to pass on the curse it has to be extremely traumatic for every witness there

If you put into factor how emotionally strong humans are, this creatures tactics suddenly seem much smarter. The creature is probably centuries old, which means it either learned from each victim to make its strategies better, or it overall just has foolproof ways to pass on the curse. This video has such good ways at beating the creature but.. how do I say this, it’s kind of like dramatic irony, we know more than the person does in the movie. Even with the good strategies mentioned in this video, there will most likely be a slip-up.

I was actually thoroughly surprised with the movie. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and it was one of the better horror movies of 2022

I think the demon or entity in smile has the ability to put you into some kind of illusion if you do something to break the curse. Unless there's some kind ritual that would kill the entity. If they just trace where it all begun they will surely know how to beat that demon.

Idk why but I love when he pauses and then says “Okay-“ 😂

The cat thing could also be explained. When was the last time she saw her cat? If it’s with a sitter or at a care center then she could call them and confirm the cat wasn’t killed by her. If it was at her home she has a security system that could bring up footage to show what really happened or if that was really the cat or a visual hallucination. And why would people freak out and turn against her if she starts crying over her dead cat. There’s no proof she killed it or knew it was in the box in the first place. The sister seems to just be a bitch and needed to be appeased or avoided. Also not loosing your shit when you see a creepy dead person in the room because you know if you do then they want you to freak out. The cat just…breaks the demon’s tactics.

One way to tell if someone is the demon or not, such as the therapist when she showed up at the woman's house, would be to ask personal questions that the demon wouldn't be able to answer. The demon wouldn't know things like the birthday or the name of the significant other of whoever they're disguised as, so if they dodge the question you can easily tell they are a hallucination. When knowing its a demon through this method, you could try laughing in its face and mocking it, since it relies on trauma, this would give you a better time in dealing with it. Hell I deal with hallucinations myself that are usually people and I tend to call them names and stuff to deal with it. The demon relies on someone witnessing a death and being traumatized by it in order to pass on to another victim. With this in mind, you could easily wander into an area like a national park or forest and, well, kill yourself out of sight of everyone and let your body be eaten by animals living in the area or degrade over time, if you can't beat it after all, might as well make it go down with you. If you isolate yourself for long enough with the demon, you'll know that it is messing with you when it disguises as others, especially if you don't tell anyone where you're going. The demon at that point may run out of options if it can't get you to kill yourself in front of others, since you'd be on your own so the curse wouldn't pass on.

You have to feel sorry for Rose here. Everyone in her life except Joel either turned their backs on her when they could have made a difference, or dismissed her as having a mental breakdown. Her fiancée was no help, but her sister was the worst, as she knew better than anyone the trauma she endured, and washed her hands of her, making this the SECOND time she abandoned her (first time I believe was when they were kids, when she moved out and left Rose there to deal with their mother alone). The reaction at the birthday party disaster was understandable, but I am specifically referring to the sister's behavior afterward. But I think this was a metaphor how many people tend to either not understand or not want to deal with someone who is struggling with their mental health. As I mentioned earlier, Joel tried to help, and he deserves credit for his efforts, but in the end was too late. Maybe (this is probably just me being naïve, but it is a thought anyway) if he had be quick enough to restrain her or somehow try to smother the flames and save her life... Point is, it comes to show how we need to be with loved ones who are open to trying to understand what we are going through and helping us when we are struggling. That the affirmation that they love us and will help us get through those dark moments, not giving up, instead of having to face them alone...I don't know what difference that would have made here but still...

I enjoy how confidently you keep saying that supernatural entities are bound by rules, as if they're something real

“She fell dead for no aperent reason” In the movie She literaly cuta her own neck with some glass that she broke of the table, all while smiling.

9:56 "Rose picks up a knife" VERY CLEARLY HOLDING A PEAR OF SCISSORS!! Im sorry, but i find it kinda funny.

To beat the monster, wouldn't it be to come to terms and accept the aka accepting the monster? Instead of running from the mom demon thing, she should have walked up to her and hugged her, fighting back is what feeds the monster, accepting it is overcoming it

I saw this movie in theaters. I'm not someone that gets scared easily, but there's something about this movie that just scares me to my core. Ever since watching it i've been plagued by occasional nightmares. It's a effective horror movie, but god, I wish I had never watched it. I'm hoping that maybe this video might help a little, think like exposure therapy.

This movie was so good. I was legit creeped out and on edge the whole time, and I have watched a lot of horror movies and none have got me like this one did

Since watching this movie, was looking forward to what this RU-vidr's take on how to beat the Smile Demon. Unfortunatly in all honesty there isnt a way to beat( and if there is more than 1 survivor like the inmate, your life is essentially ruined since there are worse things then death) it by planning, since the Smile demon has shown to warp the host's sense of reality and trick them into thinking they do something or experience something but its all a hallucination, thus making any planned contigencies pointless since the host's mind is slowly breaking down and succumbing to the Demon so it can posssess them for the final act to find another host. This thing is most likely centuries, if not thousands of years old and thus has foolproof method of ensuring its curse passes on

That thumbnail was nightmare fuel and I will not be sleeping tonight.

When I first saw that cat I instantly knew that they were going to do something crazy to it but I never thought it was going to be that messed up when the kid opened the present on his birthday being scarred and paralyzed by what he just witnessed

I suggest those who hadn't watched the movie to watch it, the sound and tension is so well done probably one of the scariest movies I've seen in years.

Another solution would be to put the infected in a coma with restraints, and if the person wakes up as themselves or the demon, just knock them out again. It would literally be impossible for the person to harm themselves and the demon would starve.

If the entities goal was to traumatize her… what if she just started dancing every time it showed up. Like I don’t think dancing is very traumatizing.

I came here from the smile 2 trailer and I didn’t even know smile 1 or 2 were movies so I automatically assumed that they are a fan film based on the smile tapes and I went to this channel to prove my suspicions and I am amazed by how strong the connections to the smile tapes are in this movie and no one even got sued

This guy just makes horror movies less scarier, he made me overcome my fear or horror movies.

Honestly, this is the movie that should’ve been named “Nope“, cause I was saying it over and over while watching it.

I would wonder why all victims take at least 4 days to die. It seems the demon cannot kill you until you’re “ready”, as in until trauma has consumed you and you have given up. Maybe shock therapy might work, like ECT? there is evidence that suggests ECT can improve PTSD symptoms.

Another method you could try when you find out the demon will go if you kill someone with a witness is kill someone in a game while a stranger is watching since it still has the definition as killing and the demon may be forced to swap over since they have a certain set if rules, and if it fails its only 10 minutes gone.

What if the victim of the demon commits suicide in isolation? Will the demon just stop haunting people? or will it find another way to reenter our realm?

I thought this movie was pretty funny. I always wondered what the demon would do if some sociopath witnessed the suicide and just felt no trauma. What would the demon do? What if the planned victim was just like "damn bro that's crazy...anyways". Would the demon just die?

I wouldn't even wish this Curse upon my worst enemy.

I really have come to value the "have a damn good day" at the end of these! Particularly in this one, I love your smile while saying it.

I've seen death, one moment someone's living, the next they aren't. It's tragic, but you understand this is life and things happen outside of your control no matter how hard you work to save someone it isn't always good enough. 3 years as a VFF I've seen people die in crashes, smoke inhalation etc. You accept that you've done all you can. You basically detach yourself from emotion to do your job.

I feel like people that stare at you and just smile without saying nothing is one of the creepiest shit on earth

During the mom scene I’d confront it saying “damn you must be grasping, gasping, grabbing? Is it grasping at straws?” Humor and unseriousness during these types of situations seems like a pretty good strategy considering it’s useful for disarming people and making them lower their guard😊

I wonder what would happen if you save the person trying to kill themselves? For instance, she is trying to burn herself to death, what if he puts her out before she can completely succumb to and die from her injuries? Wouldn't that cancel out the effect?

“Dropped dead for no good reason” *sees she dies from an ear to ear glass shard to the neck* Uh…..yes. That might have had something to do with it.

Also based on her physical condition the woman is probably sleep deprived enough to have already suffered from hallucinations and paranoia just as a side effect of lack of sleep.

If I get possessed, I’ll just play Raid Shadow Legends and I’ll be fine

The "and Joel realizes that going back to your ex is never a good idea" should be a lesson to resonate with you... And yes I'm talking to you reading my comment with your left leg on top of the right one... And go to sleep, scary movies are scarier at night. PS. My condolences for your lost btw

Question. If you were to kill in front of someone who wouldn't get traumatized by this, would you still have the curse? Or would it be forced to pass on, but get denied access to the next person, because this person didn't experience trauma. If this were to be the case, murdering someone in front of a serial killer would be a permanent way to defeat this creature.

The way he just kept smiling in the outro, gave me chills!

That movie was easily one of the best movies I saw the last couple of years. Remembered me of "It follows" which I also loved. That movie was so great in the movie theatre, the sound was great. I watched it later at home at it was not even 50% as great as it was when I watched it the first time in the theatre.

I saw the trailer for this, and that split second when her sister’s head swiveled to see in the car window, my soul left my body. Ugh. That effed me up lol.

Bruh how does HTB go from seeing baggy eyes to uncovering a secret affair between a Ph.D. student and a professor? Forget the apocalypse, make this man a detective, we might finally find out who the Zodiac Killer is.

The “If you…” at the beginning always cheers me up.

Just when you think the smiles can't get any creepier they just keep one upping eachother.

If the entity could be tricked into latching onto someone who’s already suicidal, what’s to stop that person from just going into the woods and “taking one for the team”, so to speak? Without witnesses, there’d be no way for it to spread

13:18 Running away before it's too late is a great strategy, especially since she is dating A-Train.

The sister walking to the car and stretching her neck around actually made my skin crawl, that was NOT okay.

I would love a comedy of this that has the demon haunt a psychopath.

I felt like this is a spiritual successor to "It Follows" Sam and Dean Winchester Noped the fuck out of this one

What upset me about this movie is that it makes you think her overcoming and learning to deal with the trauma of her past and thus being able to appear to fight back against the entity made me so mad, she did it, she learned to deal with and accept what happened...and overcame it only to still give up at the end and accept it taking her over. Then the guy...like dude if you can't get through the door quickly there are some windows you could easily get in through...then on top of that you see her pouring something over herself and once you saw that smile you should have tackled her to keep it from being able to use her to get to him, at the very least they would have probably both died or there be no witness during the process thus probably not allowing it to transfer.

Have a damm good day king I missed you

Seeing all these evil entity based horror movies makes me want to go watch supernatural where Sam and Dean kick supernatural ass.

I'm sorry but thw idea that PhD students aren't under enough stress to have a mental breakdown is the most ridiculous thing I've heard

16:00 actually sight hasn’t been the only thing because there also was a ghost and it whispered in our ear

I was so hoping for a video today and when this came out I burst into happiness!!!😂😂

I wonder if the demon would stop you from doing the deed with no one around, on your own terms. That would, theoretically, end the chain with you.

I can't watch this movie, my brain pastes jerma's devious smile onto every character and I just cry laughing lmao

Dude you deserve to work at the SCP Foundation.

Slight correction: none of the victims lasted longer than a week, with some lasting only four days

The best reason to watch this man is because he basically recaps movies for free.