Tag: Speak No Evil
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This Absolutely Traumatizing Horror Film Does Its Job Too Well
We go to horror movies to be scared, but sometimes a movie like Speak No Evil becomes a horror movie that even the genre’s most loyal fans will squirm away from. This is not a cathartic horror film. This movie will destroy you. Read full article
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peak No Evil Questions Our Fear of Confrontation Through Horror
Horror often leaves us unbearably frustrated with the protagonists, wishing we could yell at them through the screen for going into the basement instead of making a run for it out the front door. The newly released Danish horror film Speak No Evil takes this horror trope and applies it to a very common human…
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“What if the Worst Thing That Could Happen Actually Happened?”: Director/Co-writer Christian Tafdrup on Speak No Evil
Two European families—one Danish, one Dutch—meet during a picturesque Italian vacation in Christian Tafdrup’s Speak No Evil. Their bond is immediate, and soon enough the Dutch couple enthusiastically invite the Danes to visit them in Holland. The gesture is friendly enough, but the sincerity of the statement isn’t necessarily taken at face value. Shortly after…
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‘Speak No Evil’ Review: A Queasily Effective Danish Horror Film on the Discomfort of Strangers
The fear of seemingly harmless strangers that’s heightened during our era of online “relationships” (not to mention Covid) is cannily exploited in actor-turned-writer-director Christian Tafdrup’s “Speak No Evil.” Building on the thorny couple dynamics of his prior features “Parents” and “A Horrible Woman,” this excruciatingly.Tafdrup’s squirm-inducing tale is premiering in Sundance’s Midnight section, and should…
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Sundance Horror Film ‘Speak No Evil’ Acquired by AMC Networks’ Shudder (Exclusive)
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired rights to psychological horror “Speak No Evil” ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.Playing in the Sundance Midnight section, “Speak No Evil” is written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (“A Horrible Woman”) and is set for release in…