Smiley (2012)
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Stacy (Nikki Limo) is told the story of Smiley, an internet urban legend. Stacy gets mysteriously and violently killed while chatting with a stranger online.
Ashley (Caitlin Gerard) and Proxy (Melanie Papalia) move into a house together. After getting acquainted they go to a party hosted by Zane (Andrew James Allen), an internet hacker, and meet Binder (Shane Dawson). At the party Ashley hears the story of Smiley and doubts its reality. The next day Ashley and Proxy decide to try the Smiley test by typing "I did it for the lulz" three times in a video chat with a random user named Flasher (Jason Horton). Flasher gets mysteriously murdered. The girls are terrified but decide not to report the incident to the police.
Days later Proxy and Ashley attend another party and Ashley asks for more information about Smiley. Intoxicated, she runs into Smiley, who teases her and rips her dress. She wakes up the next morning in her bed. She tells Proxy what happened, but Proxy dismisses it as a dream. They visit Zane, who tells them that, despite Zane pulls her away and confronts her about what she did. She decides to leave, but while walking home his ability to retrieve most information on the web he has no clue as to what's happening.
Terrified and paranoid, Ashley tries to convince Proxy of what is happening, but her roommate leaves. She goes to one of her college professors, Clayton (Roger Bart), who scares her further. She tries to get help from a cop, Diamond (Keith David), who thinks she's crazy and shrugs her off. She goes to Zane’s house and is shocked to find him dead. Ashley grabs Zane's gun just as Smiley appears and chases her.
Back at her house Ashley shoots at an intruding figure, only to discover it’s Binder. She tries to help him, but Smiley comes in and slashes his throat. Smiley chases her upstairs to her room, where she finds other Smiley killers. Backed to a window, she jumps to her death. Zane, Flasher, and others presumably killed by Smiley are revealed wearing smiley costumes. Binder tells them that Smiley is alive and that many others are copying him.
Zane talks to Proxy via video chat and tells her "I did it for the lolz" three times. Smiley appears on the video and kills Proxy.
