For weeks, I begged my boyfriend to go to the movie theater with me to watch the sequel to “Smile.” He told me that it would be too scary, but I refused to believe him.

Within the first five minutes of the movie, I regretted not listening to him.

“Smile 2” released in theaters on Oct. 18. The sequel continued where the original left off, yet follows a different main character. Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is a singer and actress making a comeback after a car accident left her injured and struggling with substance abuse, and her boyfriend, Paul Hudson (Ray Nicholson), dead. The movie follows Skye in her recovery, until she gets possessed by the same demon from the original movie after a friend dies in front of her.

While the original “Smile” excels in inducing fear with a thrilling plot, “Smile 2” far surpasses the original in gore. The amount of blood and horrendous deaths was more than enough to make me leave the theater nauseated. I am usually unbothered by gore, but the shocking deaths in this movie left my jaw on the floor.

As the movie follows Skye’s possession, she loses her mind; she sees things that aren’t there, experiences moments that never happened and becomes aggressive to those around her. This movie does an amazing job making the audience feel the way she did. With unexpected plot twists, I felt like I was going just as crazy as she was, which made the movie feel personal, thus more horrifying.

On top of that, Scott is a phenomenal actress. Her portrayal of the character is magnificent, and in emotional scenes, she is one with her character. Her screams of horror during manic moments are unforgettable. Everything she did felt real; her acting got into my head and made me feel like I was experiencing psychosis with her.

If that wasn’t terrifying enough, the jumpscares throughout the movie brought me to tears. Anyone who has seen the original “Smile” knows the producers don’t mess around with the amount of jumpscares; it was just as terrifying, if not worse, in the sequel.

Compared to the first movie, the second one had a more enticing plot. The first movie was simply about horror, while the second had more moments that were about Skye’s life. While the pop star plot felt a little odd for a horror movie, it gave the movie a better sense of humanity and reality. However, the plot was almost unenjoyable due to the amount of sheer terror it evoked.

Amongst all the chaos in her life, Skye continues to perform and make appearances at events. This gives an eye-opening glimpse into the lives of performers and shows that people truly don’t know what is going on behind the scenes in a celebrity’s life, which I found admirable.

I cried during multiple scenes due to how terrified I was. As someone who enjoys horror, I can’t say any other movie has made me feel that way. As I left the theater, I felt nothing but paranoia and nausea. When I got home, I felt like a little kid again, scared of being alone in the darkness of my room. Even now, I find myself feeling paranoid at times and jumping at every sound I hear.

I regret ever wanting to watch that movie in the first place.