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NO LAUGHING MATTER. Shane Dawson, the internet star whose irreverent humor captured the zeitgeist of a generation, took an unexpected detour into the realm of horror with his starring role in the 2012 cult film "Smiley." This psychological thriller blended online urban legends with slasher tropes, bringing the internet's dark underbelly to shocking life on the big screen.
In this deep-dive analysis, I will trace Smiley's origins, examining how the film wove together cyber lore and horror to create a reflection of the internet's creeping influence over our reality. We will follow the ripples caused by Shane's divisive performance as the hapless Ashley, a teenager plunged into paranoia after learning about the mysterious Smiley killer. Just as the character Smiley spreads his killer meme virally through chatrooms and websites, the movie itself signifies the bleeding of the internet into everyday life, bringing chaos, violence and dread along with it.
Directed by TotallySketch creator Michael Gallagher, Smiley's movie debut leaves a lot to be desired, but it's constant UA-camr cameos and laughable inexperience make it fun to pick apart, which I absolutely will be.
In the decade since Smiley first logged on to torment viewers, the line between digital fantasy and reality has only grown blurrier. By peering behind the mask of this smiling slasher, we will confront truths about the horror-scape we all inhabit, where viral villains and ideas move stealthily from screens into our minds, emerging as madness, chaos and real-world violence. Smiley may wear the mask, but it is our online reality that lurks behind it.
Chapters:
00:00 - The Rise of Creepypasta and Urban Legends
00:50 - Intro
02:18 - Introducing the Smiley Group
05:08 - Technology and Stranger Danger
07:33 - Similarities to Candyman
10:35 - Continuity Error: "I did it for the lulz"
12:02 - Summoning Smiley
15:41 - The Era of Random Humor
18:18 - The Confusing Encounter with Smiley
22:09 - The Internet as a Higher Consciousness
26:01 - Foreshadowing and Confusion
28:47 - Ashley's Dark Dreams
31:00 - A Terrible Plan and a Gruesome Outcome
34:43 - Last Scare Moment
36:10 - The Legacy of Smiley
41:04 - Crossing over to Old School Hollywood
#shanedawson #smiley #urbanlegends
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The smiley character deserves a story rewrite by a different group. A much better quality and less cringey story.
That's the part I feel disappointed the most with this movie, the idea is actually pretty solid and they totally did not know how to execute it well.
Certain dialog was not bad. I enjoyed the teacher for the most part... but agreed, the structure is there, just needs some love and reworking
Exactly
True
@@Some_random_Stickmanfor God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten son that whoever belives in him shall Not perish but have everlasting life Amen 😘
Damn, Smiley was a lost memory we worked so hard to erase many years ago. Can't believe people remember this monstrosity.
Most of us have been actively trying to forget about it lol
At least people remember Nyan Cat.
The mask at least looks cool
@@to_ur_heart always
I thought Smiley was a fever dream
Despite this horrible movie Smiley’s design is actually very creepy and sadly it has to be tied to this puke fest of a film
Right! Smily scared me when I was a kid!
I definitely thought he was creepy asf as a kid and was excited for it bc of how the character looked. I never saw it lmao
My thoughts exsctly
There's something so unsettling about the design!
@@vzxlidsammeee. I remember not even being a horror movie fan but a creepypasta fan. And his design just felt like it fit those sorts of designs and got me excited as a kiddo. Disappointing that after all these years the movie was garbage.
Definitely waiting on a Horror History on Hannibal Lector someday
I second this proposal!
I third this proposal!!!
But will it include the books or only the movies? I actually love Hannibal Rising so much. Gaspard Ulliel is amazing!
@@merriquelynn866 I’d suggest watching the Horror History on Patrick Bateman, where Zach goes into detail on his entire life, not just American Psycho. His longest Horror History to date
He did didn't he
I haven't even watched most the horror movies he talks about... I just like watching him in general
Oh?? Are you a kazuha main?
You gotta say no homo when you say things like that
K......
I have him but I don't main him, and I quit plating a while back@@Jacobloafbread
@@terrencepoinsett4169you thought you did something bahahah
I gotta be honest, I don't think that I could sit through this movie because of how grating these characters are. Maybe because I wasn't around for UA-cam's early days so I have no clue who 98% of these people are but goddamn the clips from this movie are brutal.
This was exceptionally bad even by 2012 youtubes low standards
The girl who plays Roxy actually played in the movie “The Den”. A really good horror movie based on a computer app like Omegle
That one was honestly more scarier than Smiley
The other actress was in "The Wind" which was even better!
@@daniboy4153 yes it was!
Thank god that Omegle is shut down, that shit’s scary
I'm glad Pinkstylist is getting a little recognition. He's a very skilled FX artist
omg I forgot about him!! He was my favourite UA-camr
I completely forgot about that guy gawddam
As someone who devours UA-cam drama I’m living for how unproblematic CZ is trying to be when discussing these people 😂
At the same time he hardcore took Shane's sign without providing any evidence.
You forgot the post credit scene that reveals that Ashley survived jumping out the window. I like to have this theory that not only did she survive, but she became the real Smiley seen at the end because she "sacrificed" herself.
I forgot Shane existed. How dare you remind me of him.
😂😂😂😂
Ikr?
Right! Was not expecting to get reminded of that felon on this channel.
Not onlyy remind but try to say shane isntt what he is despite all the evidence
@@pandapies6703 100%
The scene debating about the internet becoming a higher consciousness feels like it was taken from another movie because it's actually interesting 😂
Also, I'm worried about CZ and his mental health after watching this movie 😅
I would love a video with CZ and The Theorizer.... That would be pure insanity
It’s called Terminator 2. And 2001 a Space Odyssey. And Maximum Overdrive. And like 300 other movies.
@@MrRyan-wu4jx yes, I know. Just compared to the rest of the movie, this scene is quite nice.
@@MrRyan-wu4jxclearly dont know what they meant
Shane is perfect for horror, he’s such a scary person
It is horrifying that he still has a career, for sure.
@@daniexists6 yeh mother
@@daniexists6and fans 💀
@@daniexists6and children.
Wait, what else did he do? Heard he fucked a cat, but mentioning kids is quite disturbing... Edit: Yikes never mind.
The way you talk about this movie like it’s an actual movie and attempting to take it seriously is way beyond my comprehension but I’m super impressed and idk how you do it.
PLEASE make a horror history about the Hell House LLC movies 😩✨️
dead meat got their video on hell house LLC blocked with a copyright claim, so I doubt it
This is one of those times I’m thankful I missed so much of “popular Internet”
What's scarier, Smiley or Shane Dawson's actual career?
Shane, easily
Death and taxes
Shane bc I think his cat deserves better
Shane cause the poor kids and animals. Plus the fact he got away with a lot of stuff that wasn't just well the horrible stuff he did
Shane because he's real
The scariest part of this is how it’s associated with Shane Dawson.
My exact thoughts!
Can we just take some time to give our condolences to CZsWorld and to thank them for watching this so we don’t have to
I still can’t believe this was at the movies
I did it for the nookie
I did it for the nookie
I did it for the nookie
Now where's Fred Durst?!
Can we all please celebrate that the teacher is an amazing actor on Broadway. Great singing voice. And if I remember correctly, he sang young Hercules part in Disney Hercules.
He's also was in Hostel 2 or 3. Was was one of the bad guys
@DubExp it was hostel 2. Great turn as a bad guy. He was the lead in Young Frankenstein, the musically on Broadway. It's a fun soundtrack and he does a great job in the part. He was also in midnight meat train.
I think Doc Brown in Back to the Future is his most recent role on Broadway, but I could be wrong.
@DubExp you are correct my good or madam! Sorry try to be P.C.
Also great in the Producers. I know he had a different character on the Broadway run but he was great in the movie version.
The paranoia I got from this movie after someone just smiled at me happily is crazy
Have you watched Smile?
@@deathbymazda Something I will always regret doing
@deathbymazda smile is actually a good movie
@@hellboygrim666 It would have been interesting if it wasn't so weird
sure.
lots of ppl smile.
So you were walkin around scared all day due to D-horror
Movies😂?
I love you. As a content creator and a film professional you cut to to heart of what is objectively awful about this movie. Regardless of what you think of creators, or the creators of the time specifically, this movie is awful. Both as a creation of old-school UA-cam creators and as a basic film. You put it so beautifully simply.
Edit: I really have to learn to finish the whole video before commenting. I actually was introduced to Smiley by Pinkstylist. Who I found while researching stage and Fx makeup. Never watched the movie though. Too silly even for my dumb ass
BTW I did it for the lulz.
I did it for the lulz.
I did it for the lulz.
Dude I remember finding the camera work so funny back when this came out. Like, look at the framing during the 2nd classroom scene. The characters ears are the center frame, meaning their faces are right at the edge of the screens 😂😂😂
Please do the history of Sidney Prescott
I swear you should do The masked villains like “The red devil“ & “The green meanie” from the TV show scream Queens.❤
Somebody get CryptTV to do a remake & do it some justice.
I feel like if the "Horror review" folks on UA-cam got together, they could do a decent remake of Smiley.
I'd start with Zac, Big Will, Mike from The Horror Geek, and the entire Dead Meat crew. 🙂
Can you do the horror history of:
Slappy the Dummy (Goosebumps)
The Sleep Master (Goosebumps)
John Carver (Thanksgiving)
The idea of humanity being the connection to a greater consciousness via the internet was best explored in Serial Experiments Lain.
Not you wearing a parody of Shane’s merch 💀
Also idk if defending Shane’s creepy “jokes” about kids is the best take 😬
Exactly
Even if we ignore the "joke" that Shane made, it's not like it was his only offence that made it weird regarding him and kids. Shane also sexualised his young fans for years: got them to twerk for him, send pictures of their best "r@pe face", kissed a 12 year old fan on the lips, swapped gum with a 15 year old fan, pretended to jerk off to a poster of Willow Smith when she was 11, and had an entire channel with the Fine Bros about a 6 year old puppet where the entire "joke" was that she was being s3xually @bused and r@ped. It wasn't just some joke taken out of context and saying that it was is condoning everything else Shane did. And what I said isn't even counting the blackface, racism and animal @buse/b3astiality.
Shane has done SO much more than a few "out of context" jokes?? hello??
Ik i rlly wish he didn't defend shame like that 😔
Okay the call-out about only listening but not watching gave me a bit of the chills as I was folding laundry. Well played CZ.
Phelan Porteous’ review of Smiley will always be my favorite!
I unironically like the design of the "REAL" Smiley here. It actually is kind of unnerving to look at.
It's kind of fitting if we are to compare him to actual Creepypasta monsters because... let's face it... most classic Creepypasta are hot garbage with their only saving grace being the designs of the creatures within them. Like, Jeff the Killer has a pretty alright design that if you're scrolling late at night and suddenly stumble upon a picture of him completely at random, it will most likely startle you or at least surprise you. But the story that he spawned from was just absolutely awful. Slenderman's stuff, while better, still isn't very good. But his design is iconic. Then we've got crap like Sonic.exe where the design and the story aren't really scary but the design does still kiiiiind of stick with you to the point that it became sort of iconic.
Smiley is in a similar vein where it's an actually kind of alright look and concept but executed poorly just like so many classic, yet still kind of iconic Creepypasta.
The fact people refer to the Guy Fawkes mask, literally CREATED for V for Vendetta, as the 'anonymous mask" makes me sad for history, literature, and theatre
Should've saved this for April 1st. 😂🤣
After Grimace, nothing I do could be considered that weird anymore
@@CZsWorld I liked Ron more tbh. The power of influence... 🤡🍔🔝📈
@@CZsWorld face smiley guy evil unsupecting or murder people
Buddy a shane Dawson horror movie is called his apology video
Ahh memories shane was the first channel i found on youtube in like 2011-2012 and watched him up until maybe 2018-2019
Been waiting for a new video for what feels like forever, thank you!!
Lisa Weil was the school counselor!!!! Why isnt that at least mentioned? Paris Geller was SUCH a fun character to watch, I loved her!
Now we need a horror movie with you in it!
Absolutely! CZ would be perfect for a horror and he better be either the villain or last person standing
I would love cz playing a randy Meeks character type he already has the practice.
He is like Randy from scream
I really enjoy how you break these down so specifically.
You just took me back to the past with talking about pink stylist omllll
If Shane Dawson really wanted to film to be scary, he should have based it off himself.
Such a bizarre lost memory of mine. I'd enjoy your covering more like this
If I remember correctly, I believe "Smiley" used to be available on "SHUDDER" but I'm not subscribed there anymore so I'm not sure. Also, I agree with most all of your commentary/review, except we greatly disagree on how we view Shane Dawson. In my opinion he's just as problematic as ever, just not as popular. EDIT- a friend told me that you can stream the movie on Netflix or Amazon Prime, but I haven't verified that because (again) I'm not subscribed to those either, lol)
I thought they just meant that he preferred calls to text.
"People aren't texting in the year 2012?"
I have grandparents who don't text in the year *2024.*
i love you're videos please never stop posting
1:44 Hey! There’s a familiar face 😆
As always a very in-depth and entertaining look at this cinematic eye sore.
29:37 much appreciated I looked away doing something else and u kept me in the loop lol
I've never heard of this movie before. I'm glad I didn't miss anything!!
You're lucky you never heard of it. Because I wish I never heard of the movie and never watched the movie
So unexpected to see Keith David pop up in a movie like this, he's an actual good actor.
Thank you CZsWorld for a great video.
Did it for the lulz x3
Ooooh thanks for the early birthday gift CZ!!!
Bruh you can’t just say Roger Bart is somebody husband like he WASN’T Hercule’s singing voice
I did it for the lolz
I did it for the lolz
I did it for the lolz
Love watching your history lessons. Recovering from eye surgery and it’s helping. Thanks for all you do.
I have a weird memory of this movie and it had a whole different plot from what I remembered
To be fair, having the professor be an alcoholic -while unnecessary to the story- was probably the most accurate thing in this entire movie.
I'm a horror addict and have never heard of this....Smiley guy but I won't torture myself trying to watch the whole thing. This was perfect, thank you.
Sixteenleo my boy is getting noticed
I went in to this movie with no idea what it was about...📺 I couldn't even finish it, but I LOVE CZsworld. 😍
I did it for the lulz. I did it for the lulz. I did it for the lulz.
Great video, CZ!
1:46 Nick DiRamiooooo!! 🎉 Love them so much, if you like listening to witty, hilarious ppl ripping Shane Dawson to shreds, they've covered a lot of his catalogue at this point. It's truly the only way to experience Shane content ✋
CZ calling me out with "if you're listening to this audio only.."
Hey! I love your channel & have been watching almost everyday since finding it. Could you please do a video on the movie “Predestination”
my cat is trying to escape my house while i'm watching this? does anybody know why this is?
Zac, I want to know if you are going to do a story review to the Jeepers Creepers creature. I feel like this character is worth talking about.
I mean I’d stay away from anything jeepers creepers since the creator/director/writer is a chomo.
Probably not due to the director.
@@happyChappy96621anyone who does that shit should lose something, mainly below the waist.
@@Daniel-nn8mr well he should’ve lost his life tbh. He sexually assaulted a child as well as having CP.
@@happyChappy96621thats messed up but it has nothing to do with how great the first two movies were.
I did it for the lulz 😀 loved hearing more of your opinions in this one! You made several points that gave me pause. More of this CZ, please!!
I was trying to focus on the killer when you brought him up
Czworld can you do a history on the species franchise even though it's science fiction? 😊
Yessssss, even the splice movie (species remake)
Zac, you're going to have to suffer.
Texas Chainsaw, or Hellraiser.
I love how good you are at the artistic analysis and that you really love the art form and this makes you genuinely angry!
FUN FACT: The guy at 13:02 in the pikachu hat, is UA-camr, Mr. Repzion!
We were this close to getting a horror history of From…
Sorry but Shane Dawson is so scary. I’m not sure you know the full extent. There’s this podcast episode where he interviews Mitchell Musso and the way he was describing underage girls in vivid details was INSANE 🤮. Even if what he said at that time was a joke, there’s just too many videos of him being weird about underage people to ignore it.
Yeah, weird that CZ only mentioned that one thing that was taken out of context but doesn't at all mention Shane having underage fans twerk for him on Omegle even though he literally mentions Omegle being used for sexual exploitation.
I think that was implemented, and if you say too much shit UA-cam hits you with a strike.
It's cuz he's gay and he thinks he can get away with it that's the truth
That was the humor. Don’t watch always sunny you flimsy snowflakes
The guy who played Zane was a cannibal serial killer apprentice in the last good story arc on "Bones"
It's awesome seeing PinkStylist featured in here :) he's such a good creator
I have never seen this movie but heard about it, I’m glad you’re doing a history on it.
I did it for the lulz
I did it for the lulz
I did it for the lulz 😝
Great video!! I’ve never seen the movie, but it looks like a fun ride 😂
Yayyy I’m early I have been keep playing all of the videos on repeat 😀 got a new one.
Your shirt is the icing on the cake for this one 💓
im not done watching but i know this is about to be a BANGER
good video bad movie lul
They way you talked about the Shane situation is very concerning and problematic that man kissed and swapped gum with underaged girls and pretended to release to a pic of an 11 year old girl that’s not funny and it’s not jokes he’s a predator and u minimizing what he did is a major red flag and ey opener
I did it for the lulz 3 times in the chat and I really enjoy your videos CZ💙
Did the cameraman stitch? His eyes up was the most hilarious thing I've heard in my life 😂
I Did It For The Algorithm
Not trying to play devil's advocate for Shane Dawson- dude. Clips may have been taken out of context but there's SO MUCH MORE evidence of just really gross, inappropriate behavior. I don't even wanna think about that guy. 🤢🤮
There is a story behind Nyan Cat. It was a gift for a hospitalized kid. I can't remember the details but it is probably not the best contender for "random humor example".
Nick DiRamio AND Elvis the Alien featured on a CZsWorld video? 😍😍😍
Smiley could have been an awesome horror villian if it wasn't in such an awful movie 😂
Anyone else disappointed with CZ defending shanes grossness? It really doesnt matter if he was "joking" the "jokes" werent funny and only repugnant. The type of person to find things like that "jokes" has some real opinions that should be pushed back against. Idk why CZ had to throw in "it was CLEARLY edited to make him look worse". Seriously? Nah. Watch the whole podcast if u wanna no editing can make it look worse thats just how it looked. :/
I feel the same way. Super disappointed to see that type of behavior defended by CZ.
Same. Honestly debating unsubscribing, because I don't want anything to do with anyone that would side with someone like Shane Dawson.
@@HavenlyCraftsbye
@@hanaarikson8935 right?
@HavenlyCrafts I was thinkin the same thing :/
Good job this year keep it up 👍😁
This was a pleasant surprise. I haven’t thought about this since I watched it 😅😅😅😅
Not Shawn Dawson
Out of my hate for Shane Dawson I will not be watching this video CZ, sorry. Love you though! ❤
I watched through it because of CZ. And I want to see his take on SD.
... unfortunately CZ is not critical on SD and his transgressions.
@@WavesofColoursYeah, that was incredibly disappointing to see him essentially say that Shane was criticized for a few things taken out of context, which sounds to me like CZ is (hopefully) unaware of the full context of everything Shane did.
@@KagLuvsInu What did he do?
Omg stfu watch what you want but Shane did nothing but have a bad sense of humour
5:48 idk, my grandmother just figured out how to text this year 💀
Actually there was a story behind Nyan Cat and the story was that Cats always land on their feet meanwhile a slice of bread with jelly on it will always fall on the jelly side. So if you stick a slice of bread with jelly on it in the back of a cat and throw them, they will spin until the reach infinite speed and they will not be able to touch the floor because it will be impossible for the cat to land on his feet and the slice of bread to land on the jelly side at the same time. That's why nyan cat is travelling through space.
The sad part is cz thinking shane isnt a pedo. I had respect for cz. Now i just cant see him the same😢