• 4 months ago
When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.



From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age, starring BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy (Split, Glass) in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.



Speak No Evil stars Mackenzie Davis (Terminator: Dark Fate, Halt and Catch Fire) and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy (Argo, A Quiet Place Part II) as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler; The Good Nurse, Riverdale), accept the weekend-holiday invitation of Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara (Aisling Franciosi; Game of Thrones, The Fall) and their furtive, mute son Ant (newcomer Dan Hough).



Written for the screen and directed by James Watkins, the writer-director of Eden Lake and the award-winning gothic ghost story The Woman in Black, Speak No Evil is based on the screenplay of the 2022 Danish horror sensation Gæsterne, written by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup. That film earned 11 Danish Film Awards nominations, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.



Speak No Evil is produced by Jason Blum (Five Nights at Freddy’s, M3GAN) for Blumhouse and by Paul Ritchie (McMafia, The Ipcress File) and is executive produced by Beatriz Sequeira for Blumhouse, Jacob Jarek and Christian Tafdrup.



Genre: Psychological Thriller

Cast: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough and Scoot McNairy

Written for the Screen and Directed by: James Watkins

Based on the screenplay by: Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup

Producers: Jason Blum, Paul Ritchie

Executive Producers: Beatriz Sequeira, Jacob Jarek, Christian Tafdrup
Transcript
00:00We can't let on, yeah, we can't look stressed or scared, we just have to go out there and
00:29be completely normal.
00:36This is my husband, Ben.
00:37I'm Patrick Felt, this is my wife, Ciara.
00:42You have to come and visit us.
00:43The West Country, really, it's beautiful.
00:45Yeah, that'd be great.
00:46It's so quiet around here.
00:47They don't even have any neighbours.
00:48Agnes, love, you have to eat your vegetables.
00:50Please, could you stop telling my daughter what to do?
01:02You don't criticise other people's children, you should say sorry.
01:05It's okay.
01:06I'm sorry, Louise.
01:07Louise, is there anything you'd like to say?
01:15Cold water therapy, proven to boost the immune system.
01:18We didn't bring our swimsuits.
01:19Oh, that's alright.
01:20You can keep your knickers on.
01:21You shouldn't be shy, Louise.
01:22You've got a great body.
01:23Oh, thank you.
01:24I admire you.
01:25Louise is a great woman.
01:26I've always wanted a family like yours.
01:27Mum, something's not right with him.
01:28No!
01:29What is wrong with you?
01:30I want to pack up the car, and I want to leave now.
01:31I'm sorry.
01:32I'm sorry.
01:33I'm sorry.
01:34I'm sorry.
01:35I'm sorry.
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01:38I'm sorry.
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01:40I'm sorry.
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01:42I'm sorry.
01:43I'm sorry.
01:44I'm sorry.
01:45I'm sorry.
01:46I'm sorry.
01:48Oh no!
01:49That is really bad luck.
01:56I know we can both be...
01:57A bit much.
01:58Yeah.
02:06You're gonna kill us.
02:09No!
02:10It won't die.
02:12Mum?
02:14I'm here.
02:16You're either a predator, or you're brave.
02:21I need you to be brave.
02:26You guys have been...
02:27Just a breath of fresh air.
02:29Oh, well that is very sweet of you to say.

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