Speak No Evil

Name: Speak No Evil
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: September 13, 2024
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, James McAvoy, Kris Hitchen, Mackenzie Davis

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 13, 2024 | R

Starring: Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, James McAvoy, Kris Hitchen, Mackenzie Davis, Motaz Malhees, Scoot McNairy

Summary: When an American family (Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Alix West Lefler) is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family (James McAvoy, Aisling Franciosi, Daniel Hough) they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

Director: James Watkins

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 110 min

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Jason Delgado

Sep 16, 2024

Even though McAvoy is the brightly shining star, it takes a large, cohesive team to make it all come together, and when it works like Speak No Evil does, pure nail-biting magic happens. Read full review

NME James Mottram

Sep 10, 2024

All the cast play their parts, but an off-the-leash McAvoy is a joy to behold, channeling the same twisted energy he mined for his addict-cop in Irvine Welsh adaptation Filth. Touching on issues of class and the rich-poor divide, the result is a top-notch British thriller that’ll scare the bejesus out of you. Read full review

Screen Rant Simon Gallagher

Sep 13, 2024

Horror movies often have to rely on the stupidity of their characters for the story to work: victims in waiting either make terrible decisions in high-pressure situations or simply lack any survival instincts until the bodies start to rise up. Speak No Evil plays with the audience by subverting those expectations very precisely, posing the question of when exactly you would have walked away from all the red flags. Read full review

Peter Travers

Sep 13, 2024

This English-language horror remake can’t touch the 2022 Danish original, but it gets in its scarefest licks thanks to a smiling devil of a lead performance from James McAvoy that will creep you out big time and fry your never to a frazzle. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Sep 12, 2024

The actors put it over, and Watkins is a genre filmmaker who believes in using his actors as more than pieces of plot in human clothing. That, I appreciate, with no reservations whatsoever. Read full review

Robert Abele

Sep 12, 2024

When you won’t speak the evil of “Speak No Evil,” then a disservice has been done to the source terror and how expertly it refused to deliver us to a safe place. Read full review

Rocco T. Thompson

Sep 10, 2024

This hollow attempt to turn a provocative showpiece into a crowd-pleaser makes you wonder if the filmmakers are actively disdainful of the original. Read full review

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