Every Confirmed Victim of the Smile Curse and How They Died

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Smile and Smile 2!

The Smiling Curse is the powerful force that causes many characters to die by suicide throughout the game. Smile and Smile 2and here are all of the franchise’s confirmed victims and how they died. The Smiling Curse is the main source of conflict throughout the world. Smile franchise, leading to the death of almost everyone who is possessed by it. Both Smile the protagonists, Rose Cotter and Skye Riley, were victims of the smile curse, as were a variety of other characters. So here’s a complete breakdown of every character who’s died since Smile 2.

The Smile Entity, sometimes also called the Monstrosity, is the supernatural force behind the Smile Curse. According to the rules of Smilethe Entity possesses a victim, slowly driving its human host mad until the host ends its own life after four days. Then, another living host who witnessed the death of the previous host is possessed by the Smile Entitycontinuing the chain of death. The Smile Entity can create illusions that mainly come in the form of smiling humans, although Smile 2 reveals a variety of other powers that come with the Smiling Curse.

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Robert Talley

Killed Another Person

Robert Talley is an interesting character in Smile universe, as he is the only known character to have caught the Smiling Curse and lived to tell the tale. All the other victims of the Sorriso Entity were possessed, became victims for a few days and then ended their own lives, passing it on to the next victim. When investigating the Smile Entity in the original film, however, Rose Cotter seeks out Robert Talleywith him explaining how he managed to survive his encounter with the demonic force.

When Rose meets Robert Talley, he is under arrest for murder. Talley tells her that instead of ending his own life, he killed someone else. This caused the Smile Entity to be transferred to the key witness to the murder, meaning that Robert himself did not need to die. Although this method of exorcising the Smile Entity is not seen anywhere else in the world, Smile franchise, Robert suggests that Rose try it, meaning it appears to be an effective way to pass on the Smiling Curse to someone else.

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Morris’s brother

He took his jaw off with a crowbar

In Smile 2protagonist Skye Riley is tracked by a mysterious stalker named Morris. Morris has been tracking the Smile Entity through the last eight hosts, trying to reach it before they die. Morris is unable to contact Lewis before his death, but after doing some investigating, Morris discovers that Skye Riley is the last person Lewis texted. This allows Morris to correctly deduce that the Smiling Curse was passed on to her, with the pair meeting in a bar.

At the bar, Morris explains that his brother was actually a victim of the Smiling Curse, although no one believed him when he tried to explain the curse. Morris’ brother then bit off his own jaw with a crowbarpassing the curse to someone at a gas station. Although this is not confirmed, it would make sense that Morris’ brother was the key witness in the murder committed by Robert Talley, although it is possible that there were more victims between the two.

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Guy at the gas station

Method of death unknown

Very little is known about the victim who came after Morris’ brother, with Morris only briefly mentioning him. This victim is the one who witnessed Morris’ brother take out his own jaw with a crowbar. While the gas station man’s method of death is not explainedit is the key to linking the events described in Smile 2 to the events of Laura didn’t sleepsetting up the domino effect that continues on Smile and the end of Smile 2.

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Angela Powell

Took out his own eyes

While it is not known how the man who witnessed Morris’ brother’s death died, it is known who was around to see it. In the original Smilea photo of a character called Angela Powell is shown, with her story being assembled from the events described in Smile and Smile 2. Before the events of Laura didn’t sleepAngela was infected with the Smiling Curse, and she took her own life while in an elevator.

According to the original Smile, Angela ended her own life by gouging out her eyes. The only person who witnessed this horrible death was the next victim in the Smile Entity’s evil chain, Gabriel Muñoz.

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Gabriel Munoz

Hit yourself with a hammer

Much of the story of Gabriel Muñoz’s time possessed by the Smile Entity comes from the 2020 short film Laura didn’t sleep as well as the beginning of the original smile. As Laura Weaver explains, Gabriel Muñoz was his art history teacher, and he saw Angela Powell gouge her eyes out while in the elevator.

This caused Gabriel Muñoz to become possessed by the Smile Entity, with him dealing with the Smile Curse for the next few days. Muñoz then ended his own life breaking his jaw and repeatedly hitting himself with a hammerwith Laura Weaver being the witness to this death.

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Laura Weaver

Cut yourself with a broken potsherd

All of the aforementioned deaths occurred before the events of the Smile franchise, with Laura didn’t sleep kicking off the franchise with the story of Laura Weaver. In the short film, Laura is a graduate student who witnessed her art history professor Gabriel Muñoz beat himself to death with a hammer. This caused Laura to become infected with the Smiling Curse, although her various psychiatrists believed her condition was caused by a psychotic break resulting from witnessing her teacher’s suicide.

Laura Weaver returns in the first Smilewith Rose Cotter being his doctor. During one of their sessions, the Smile Entity kills Laura, with her using a shard of a broken pot to slit her throat. Rose has to witness Laura’s death, this being the Smile the first death of the franchise on screen and the beginning of cinema events.

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Rose Cotter

If it catches fire

Rose Cotter is the protagonist of the first Smile film, with her inheriting the Smiling Curse after witnessing Laura Weaver’s death. During the early stages of the curse, Rose tracks down Robert Talleythe only known living victim of the Smile Curse. Robert tells her to try killing someone else, a method that has worked for him. The Smile Curse eventually causes Rose to kill her cat, although the Smile Entity still has her under control after the murder.

Despite spending all Smile trying to find a cure, Rose Cotter eventually dies due to the Smiling Curse. At the end of the film, the Smile Entity takes control of Rose, causing her to douse herself in gasoline and burn herself alive. Joel is there to witness this death, with Smile Curse’s chain of deaths not continuing until Joel returns at the beginning of Smile 2.

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Joel

Gets hit by a car

Kyle Gallner’s Joel returns in Smile 2 six days after being possessed by the Smile Entity at the end of the original Smilewith him having lived two days longer than the average victim of the Smiling Curse. The film begins with Joel showing up at the home of two drug dealers, killing one in the hopes that the witness will be infected with the Smiling Curse. However, he ends up killing them both, and his plan fails.

During this disaster, several other characters appear, including Lewis. Joel tries to flee the scene, but is run over and killed by a truck while running away from home. Joel’s death was witnessed by Lewis, leading to him being possessed by the Smile Entity.

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Lewis Fregoli

Hit him in the face with a weight

In Smile 2, Lewis Fregoli is a drug dealer who sells to Skye Rileyhe witnessed Joel’s death while purchasing more supplies from two other drug dealers. The Smiling Curse slowly drives Lewis insane, causing him to have several psychotic breaks. One night, Skye asks Lewis if she can come buy more drugs, and he becomes frantic as soon as she appears.

While Skye is in her apartment, the Smile Entity takes control of Lewis. Lewis then takes an iron weight plate and hits him in the face, ending his life. This leads to the Smile Entity taking control of Skye Riley, cursing the protagonist of Smile 2.

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Skye Riley

Force a microphone on your head

Skye Riley is the main protagonist of Smile 2with her becoming possessed by the Smiling Curse after witnessing Lewis’ suicide. The film chronicles her psychological downfall, with her hallucinating friends, family, and more. The Smiling Curse has a huge effect on her career and mental state, with her believing she is working with Morris to get rid of the curse before Smile 2It’s the big twist.

At the end of Smile 2, Skye discovers she is on stage at one of her shows. While there, the Smile Entity takes control of her, with Skye forcing the microphone into her head. Obviously, this kills Skye, but it’s not the scariest part of the film’s ending. Skye’s death is witnessed by thousands of fans, meaning the Smiling Curse could have been passed on to every single one of them at the end of Smile 2.