Speak No Evil, 2022. Directed by Christian Tafdrup. Starring Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Karina Smulders, Fedja van Huêt, Liva Forsberg, Marius Damslev. SYNOPSIS: A family go to stay with another family they met on holiday, and soon wish they hadn’t. We’ve all met them, and if you think you haven’t then you probably are […]
Filmmaker behind Danish Speak No Evil unimpressed with American remake
Blumhouse’s Speak No Evil was heavily promoted throughout the year and was met with moderate success from audiences and critics. But one person who isn’t into this Americanized version is Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup, the man behind the 2022 original film titled Gæsterne. In an interview with the Danish radio show Kulturen, Tafdrup was unimpressed with […]
Movie Review – Speak No Evil (2024)
Speak No Evil, 2024. Written and Directed by James Watkins. Starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Alix West Lefler, Aisling Franciosi, Dan Hough, Kris Hitchen, and Motaz Malhees. SYNOPSIS: A family gets invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they’ll soon realize that […]
Video Review – Speak No Evil might be the best Americanized horror remake
EJ Moreno with a video review of Blumhouse’s Speak No Evil… Jumping to remake an already excellent Danish horror film just a few years after its release is risky. That risk may have paid off with Speak No Evil, the latest horror film from the prolific genre juggernaut Blumhouse. It is bold and shocking, if […]
New trailer for Speak No Evil starring James McAvoy
Lionsgate and Blumhouse have released a new trailer and poster for Speak No Evil, director James Watkins’ upcoming remake of the 2022 Danish film. The psychological thriller follows an American family as they head to the British countryside to spend a weekend with a family they met on vacation, but their idyllic break quickly takes […]
James McAvoy terrifies on new Speak No Evil poster
We know James McAvoy can rock a horror film, just look at his work in Split, but the poster for Speak No Evil shows new depths to the horror. In the upcoming James Watkins-directed remake, McAvoy joins a stellar cast in what could be one of the most chilling films of the year. Based on […]
Speak No Evil: James McAvoy stars in unsettling first trailer for horror remake
Universal and Blumhouse have dropped the unsettling first trailer for their James Watkins (Eden Lake) directed horror film Speak No Evil, which sees Split‘s James McAvoy once again tapping into his darker side to terrorise an unsuspecting family. Based on the screenplay of 2020’s Danish psychological horror thriller Gæsterne by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup, […]
Movie Review – Speak No Evil (2022)
Speak No Evil, 2022. Co-written and directed by Christian Tafdrup. Starring Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Liva Forsberg, and Marius Damslev. SYNOPSIS: A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to […]
Mackenzie Davis joins James McAvoy in Blumhouse adaptation of Speak No Evil
Blumhouse are putting together quite the cast for their remake of critically acclaimed Danish shocker Speak No Evil, because following the news that James McAvoy had signed on to star in the remake, it is now being reported that Mackenzie Davis is set to join the project. According to Deadline the Halt and Catch Fire […]
James McAvoy to headline Blumhouse remake of Speak No Evil
James McAvoy is set to rekindle his half-billion dollar grossing relationship with Blumhouse Productions by headlining their remake of brutal Danish thriller Speak No Evil. Deadline report that McAvoy, who starred in M. Night Shyamalan’s Split and Glass for the prolific production company, will star in the remake for Eden Lake and The Woman In […]
