Speak No Evil
Directed by Christian Tafdrup
One family accepts an invitation to the rural home of another they met on holiday, only to find their lives altered in unexpected, deeply horrifying ways. From director Christian Tafdrup, SPEAK NO EVIL glides from "squirmy to sinister to full-on shocking" (NY Times). A SHUDDER ORIGINAL
One family accepts an invitation to the rural home of another, where their lives are altered in unexpected, deeply horrifying ways.
Cast: Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Redja van Huet, Karina Smulders
Member Reviews
yeah it was alright - don't get the hype around it at all though. if you're looking for something a bit more exciting, this one isn't it. it's like listening to Radiohead. the movie thinks it's smarter than it actually is and it just ends up being kind of a boring let down.
Cant fault it, really well made, thoroughly enjoyed
Great acting but four stars because the family gave the psychopaths way too many chances and that really pissed me off.
Confirm, better than the remake. An excellent examination into the psychology of conflict avoidance.
the lean pacing and removal of unnecessary character backstory make for a much more emotional and tense watch. the cultural subtext also genuinely fails to translate into the remake. i would bet serious money that every poor review is an american with zero cultural understanding of the social context of the original version. though, to be fair, mainstream horror fandom may singlehandedly have the absolute worst media literacy. "i didn't get it, so obviously it's bad. " at least blumhouse will always serve up digestible swill.