{"id":116749,"date":"2024-10-21T16:38:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116749"},"modified":"2024-10-21T16:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:38:48","slug":"in-smile-2-and-trap-pop-stardom-looks-pretty-terrifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116749","title":{"rendered":"In \u2018Smile 2\u2019 and \u2018Trap,\u2019 Pop Stardom Looks Pretty Terrifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">This article contains spoilers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last year around this time, audiences were heading to movie theaters to experience the joy of being in the presence of a pop star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/13\/movies\/taylor-swift-eras-movie-review.html\" title=\"\">Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour<\/a>\u201d had just been released, prompting Swifties and the Swift-curious to descend on multiplexes, friendship bracelets adorning their wrists. Weeks later, the Beyhive would don silver cowboy hats for the release of \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/01\/movies\/renaissance-a-film-by-beyonce-review.html\" title=\"\">Renaissance: A Film By Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>.\u201d Attending one of these concert films meant having a great time and reveling in the glory of the women onstage who seemed to be doing the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now being a pop star at the movies looks a lot more terrifying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Horror centered on pop stars is all the rage these days. In <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/02\/movies\/trap-review.html\" title=\"\">M. Night Shyamalan\u2019s \u201cTrap,\u201d<\/a> released in August, the concert by the fictional Lady Raven (Saleka) is an elaborate setup to nab a serial killer (Josh Hartnett). This weekend, \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/17\/movies\/smile-2-review.html\" title=\"\">Smile 2,\u201d<\/a> directed by Parker Finn, follows Skye Riley (Naomi Scott), a troubled Grammy winner with a history of addiction who comes to be possessed by a demon that drives her mad with violent hallucinations. To her fans and her team, it looks like she\u2019s on another, possibly drug-induced spiral, but really a monster is goading her into killing herself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both these movies are a product of a time when the business of being a pop star is bigger than ever. Events like the Eras and Renaissance tours became zeitgeist-defining moments as well as fodder that filmmakers could mine for inspiration. Shyamalan was even direct about it in an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/m-night-shyamalan-trap-silence-of-the-lambs-taylor-swift-concert-1235725853\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Empire interview.<\/a> His premise for \u201cTrap\u201d? \u201cWhat if \u2018The Silence of the Lambs\u2019 happened at a Taylor Swift concert?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But both \u201cTrap\u201d and \u201cSmile 2\u201d prove that beyond the fun of the setup, the life of a pop star is actually thematically ripe for horror. 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