The actor says she is a "sensitive soul" and hopes fans will respect her wishes: "I'll sit and talk to you about the weather, music, food, your grandma, but just don't do the creepy smile at me."

On thing to really beam about is leading lady Naomi Scott going for it all-out, all snot, smeared blood and wide-eyed, full on-fear. Scott manages to pour her humanity into the part — diva, whimpering,

In an early scene in "Smile 2," the fictional pop superstar Skye Riley is in her drug dealer's apartment. "Do you believe in weird stuff?" he asks her, between doing lines of coke. You certainly will after this horror romp -- writer-director Parker Finn's second movie that suddenly opens up the franchise with the promises of multiple directions in the future.