Tell Me How I Die trades genuine suspense for formulaic fatalism, ignoring real-world precarity and diversity issues. A cheap thrill for iCarly fans, but a missed chance for deeper horror.
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Deadpan Futures: The Fatalistic Farce of Tell Me How I Die

Right off the bat, Tell Me How I Die (2016) has two problems: its title and premise, which recall I Know Who Killed Me and Final Destination. I haven’t even watched it, and I already have bad memor…

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When your horror movie’s big scare is... a forced grin. 🫠 My breakdown of Smile — a film that mistakes grimacing for terror and trauma for depth. Spoiler: I wasn’t scared.
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Smile (2022)

Smile’s biggest problem, other than being a derivative Final Destination/The Ring hybrid knockoff, is right there in the title — and it trickles all the way down to the (anti)climax. I get wa…

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