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A family is invited to spend an entire weekend at a lonely house in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they realize that there’s a dark side to the family that invited them. Blumhouse Productions has been a major force in the horror genre since 2007’s Paranormal Activity became a worldwide sensation. See how IMDb users rate every Blumhouse horror film since 2007. The story is inspired by the experiences of Christian Tafdrup, director of the original Danish film Speak No Evil (2022), who befriended a Dutch couple while on vacation in Tuscany with his wife. Although the Dutch were a bit socially awkward, the two couples got along very well, and after returning home, Tafdrup received an invitation from the Dutch family to go to the Netherlands. He briefly considered it, but decided that it would feel weird staying with people he didn’t really know; His story for the film came about when he released his darkest fantasies about what might have happened if he had accepted (while claiming that the original Dutch couple never gave off any bad vibes). In this remake, the nationalities of the two families were changed to American and British. In the bathroom, when he is washing his eye, he has a subconjunctival hemorrhage in his left eye; in the next scene, his eyes are perfectly clear. Ben Dalton: Why are you doing this to us? Paddy: Because you left us!. Features Nestali u akciji (1984). Gloria Written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Umberto Tozzi & Trevor VeitchPublished by Sugar Songs UK LtdLicensed courtesy of Wise Music Group LimitedPerformed by Laura BraniganLicensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. Speak No Evil is a 2024 psychological horror remake starring James Mcavoy as Paddy, an English father who invites an American family over to his house to relax, however, not everything is as it seems in the new Blumhouse film. While it follows most of the same aspects as the 2022 foreign film of the same name, Speak No Evil builds up a good level of tension as it builds to a violent climax, which is a good aspect of the film’s strength as a psychological horror film. The American family are very likeable and very realistic when it comes to some of the more tense scenes of menace, you really sympathise with them in general and for much of the running time you also get to see some of their opinions on the other English family. At first they think it’s a new way to relate to their new home, but as the film progresses their perspectives slowly change and it makes you wonder if they’ll ever recover from the horrible things they’ve witnessed so far, which adds a level of clarity and dread to the film’s dark tone and that’s really good. In terms of acting, it’s really good for a Blumhouse film these days, as James McAvoy is really quite scary but funny at the same time. He’s very much a character. He reminds me of Jack Torrance from The Shining, a very maniacal and twisted character who has his comedic elements sprinkled throughout, I thought that was something really interesting to note, but I think Paddy was a little different, though only because of his charming aspect rather than the downward spiral of Jack’s character. Overall, while it’s a pretty solid entry in the Blumhouse library, this thriller’s fatal flaw is its lack of homage to the original film, which really should be respected, but it feels like this entry completely avoids some aspects that a remake shouldn’t do unless it has a good reason to. But it’s still a worthy and fun watch for a night in. Grade: A
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