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SPEAK NO EVIL – Review by T.J. Callahan

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024 T. J. Callahan James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Speak No Evil, thriller, universal pictures

Speak No Evil isn’t a tongue in cheek thriller. What this remake of a 2022 Dutch horror drama is, is a social satire on the excessive extremes of the middle class that will leave you breathless. And it’s fun…if waiting for potential torture and murder is fun. James McAvoy stars in the new English version that follows the original story almost to a tee…until the last 30 minutes. That’s where this Rated R 2024 release switches gears and tones down on the gruesomeness, but, fortunately, not the suspense and shock.

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SPEAK NO EVIL (Sundance FF 2022) – Review by Lauren Anderson

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Lauren Anderson (Archived Contributor) Christian Tafdrup, danish films, Mads Tafdrup, Speak No Evil, sundance film festival 2022

Speak No Evil is a chilling Danish horror film programmed at Sundance 2022 that proves there is such a thing as being “too polite.” From writer and director Christian Tafdrup and co-writer Mads Tafdrup, Speak No Evil delivers satirically on cringe-worthy encounters to examine human nature through the horror lens.