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Speak No Evil

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• Horror
• Thriller

• 2022
• Christian Tafdrup
• 97 mins
• 18

Summary

Horror thriller starring James McAvoy and Mackenzie Davis. American couple Ben and Louise befriend the less uptight British couple Paddy and Ciara on holiday in Italy, and later accept an invitation to spend a weekend at their remote farmhouse in Devon. The family are warmly welcomed on arrival, but the behaviour of their hosts becomes ever-more unsettling.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Matt Glasby

One of the most controversial horror films of recent times, this Danish chiller fully earns its fearsome reputation. Directed by Christian Tafdrup from a script co-written with his brother Mads, the film starts as an uneasy social satire. After meeting on holiday, an uptight Danish family consisting of Bjorn (Morten Burian), Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch) and their daughter (Liva Forsberg) are invited to stay with their outgoing Dutch counterparts, Patrick (Fedja van Huet), Karin (Karina Smulders) and their son (Marius Damslev). There are dark laughs to be had as Patrick and Karin push the boundaries of social acceptability, and Bjorn and Louise squirm in bourgeois embarrassment, rather than standing up for themselves. But the awkwardness slowly simmers into something much more sinister, before the film delivers a hammer-blow ending that deserves to be mentioned alongside The Vanishing. What makes this so effective isn't just the violence, but the sense that we're complicit through our own moral cowardice, that title both a teaser and a rebuke.

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6.7/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameBjornMorten BurianLouiseSidsel Siem KochPatrickFedja Van HuetKarinKarina SmuldersAgnesLiva ForsbergAbelMarius Damslev

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rolenameDirectorChristian Tafdrup

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Theatrical distributor

Universal

Released on

2024-09-13

Languages

English | Italian | Danish | Dutch

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sexual references, drug abuse.

Formats

Colour

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