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Watch This Now – LAURA HASN’T SLEPT, the short film that became this year’s megahit SMILE!

November 30, 2022 grimmfest

Originally intended to go straight to streaming, SMILE got a cinema release this year and has already grinned its way to an amazing $215m worldwide.

But where did it begin for writer/director Parker Finn?

Paramout have uploaded the original short that formed the basis for the film, which will also be on the SMILE blu-ray.

Caitlin Stasey and Lew Temple star in the 11-minute short, which begins with Stasey’s Laura explaining a recurring series of dreams to her therapist. She’s being pursued by a mysterious smiling man in her dreams, and soon Laura realizes that she may not actually be in a therapist’s office at all. She may be trapped in another nightmare…