Speak No Evil

2024
R
1h 50m

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6.8/10

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A family is invited to spend a weekend in an idyllic country house, unaware that their dream vacation will soon become a psychological nightmare.

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A family is invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they realize that a dark side lies within the family who invited them.A family is invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they realize that a dark side lies within the family who invited them.A family is invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they realize that a dark side lies within the family who invited them.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

81K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations total

Videos12

Director James Watkins Puts American Spin On 'Speak No Evil' Horror Remake

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How James McAvoy and Mackenzie Davis Blend Humor With Horror in 'Speak No Evil'

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Trivia
The story is inspired by the experiences of Christian Tafdrup, director of the original Danish Speak No Evil (2022), who had befriended a Dutch couple while on holiday in Tuscany with his wife. Although the Dutch were a bit socially awkward, both couples got along very well, and after returning home, Tafdrup received an invitation from the Dutch family to come over to the Netherlands. He briefly considered it, but decided that he would feel odd staying with people he didn't really know; his story for the movie came about when he unleashed his darkest fantasies on what could have happened, had he accepted (while maintaining that the original Dutch couple had never given off any bad vibes). In this remake, the nationalities of the two families have been changed to American and British.

Goofs
In the bathroom, when he's washing his eye, he has a Subconjunctival hemorrhage in his left eye, in his next scene, his eyes are perfectly clear.

Quotes
Ben Dalton: Why are you doing this to us?
Paddy: Because you let us!

Connections
Featured in Half in the Bag: Top 10 Horror Movies (2024) Part 2 (2024)

Soundtracks
Gloria
Written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Umberto Tozzi & Trevor Veitch
Published by Sugar Songs UK Ltd
Licence courtesy of Wise Music Group Limited
Performed by Laura Branigan
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd

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Featured review

6/10

They did it again

The Wicker Man (1973), The Vanishing (1988), Speak No Evil (2022) - three exceptionally good European horror movies with chillingly dark endings. All of them have been remade by American film studios and this is the latest. I'm trying to imagine the thinking behind the process: 1. This movie has been really successful but it's foreign. 2. Americans don't watch foreign films. 3. If we remake it as an American film Americans will watch it. 4. The ending though! It's really dark. We need to rewrite that and give it an ending people will enjoy more! - Wrong, wrong, wrong! I like James McAvoy and he's excellent in this movie, easily switching between charismatically charming and unsettlingly sinister. All the actors are good. The film is coherent. The plot holds. It's suitably tense with an undeniably exciting finale. On balance it's a fine film but it's been stripped of many of the elements that made the original a success. There was a time, notably the '70s, when America made genuinely outstanding original horror films - The Exorcist, Halloween, The Omen, Carrie - but those days seem long gone. I honestly can't fault this film and I enjoyed it but I'd urge anyone to seek out the originals and enjoy what made them different.