Speak No Evil

[Vincent Dawn Jr]

Who's seen both versions?

I've only seen the Dutch/Danish original. That's a nasty bit of business that's brutally effective to a point, but I didn't buy it, really.

I've heard the U.S. retread softens the ending quite a bit, so that sounds even more pointless to me.

I saw the original version maybe a year ago, just watched the James McAvoy remake over the weekend. I enjoyed the original, so it's hard to say how I'd have felt about the remake had I gone into it cold. It's a fairly faithful remake up until the end which proves they totally missed the point of the original plot. They replace it with sickening modern Hollywood tropes.

[JoeS]

Who's seen both versions?

I've only seen the Dutch/Danish original. That's a nasty bit of business that's brutally effective to a point, but I didn't buy it, really.

I've heard the U.S. retread softens the ending quite a bit, so that sounds even more pointless to me.

[Lorne Marshall]

Nah, the pointless sadism is the reason I didn't like either one (or FUNNY GAMES, for that matter). My subjective viewpoint, of course.

[Matt H.]

I usually don't disagree with you, Matt, but I think this might be right up the director's alley, as both movies are skewed to the sadistic side.

Or maybe he just wanted to be involved with a flick featuring Professor X, since he had Magneto in the earlier one.

You did like the original? You're not alone, I just thought it was silly and the ending, even as symbolism, looked really stupid played out on screen.

[Lorne Marshall]

I usually don't disagree with you, Matt, but I think this might be right up the director's alley, as both movies are skewed to the sadistic side.

Or maybe he just wanted to be involved with a flick featuring Professor X, since he had Magneto in the earlier one.

[Matt H.]

Wait a minute.... this is a remake of that ridiculous Danish film that everyone is praising. I'm not excited anymore, particularly if it's a straight remake. The original is a Haneke wannabe that just didn't work for me.

[Matt H.]

Oh, from the director of EDEN LAKE. That movie is savage, so this could be interesting.

[Ian Jane]

"When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age, starring BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy (Split, Glass) in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.

Speak No Evil stars Mackenzie Davis (Terminator: Dark Fate, Halt and Catch Fire) and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy (Argo, A Quiet Place Part II) as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler; The Good Nurse, Riverdale), accept the weekend-holiday invitation of Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara (Aisling Franciosi; Game of Thrones, The Fall) and their furtive, mute son Ant (newcomer Dan Hough).

Written for the screen and directed by James Watkins, the writer-director of Eden Lake and the award-winning gothic ghost story The Woman in Black, Speak No Evil is based on the screenplay of the 2022 Danish horror sensation Gæsterne, written by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup. That film earned 11 Danish Film Awards nominations, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.

Speak No Evil is produced by Jason Blum (Five Nights at Freddy’s, M3GAN) for Blumhouse and by Paul Ritchie (McMafia, The Ipcress File) and is executive produced by Beatriz Sequeira for Blumhouse, Jacob Jarek and Christian Tafdrup."

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