Speak No Evil | 'Hidden Darkness' - James McAvoy

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A good host comes with many surprises. See James McAvoy embrace darkness in #SpeakNoEvilMovie. Only in theaters September 13.

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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 Daniel 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.
Transcript
00:00It's great working with Blumhouse again.
00:02They just know how to create a really good horror film.
00:05You have to come and visit.
00:06Yeah, that sounds great.
00:07Speak no evil.
00:08It's terrifying.
00:10Cleve Patrick Feld.
00:11He's apparently a doctor.
00:13Oh God, there's a doctor in the house.
00:14I'm not a doctor.
00:15But didn't you say you were a doctor?
00:17Did I?
00:18But really, he's much more about family life and country life.
00:22But there's a darkness underneath that.
00:26What is wrong with you?
00:28The minute he gets toxic, he balances it with something to justify it.
00:32I'm just sad to see you go.
00:35He's all about enjoyment.
00:36He's playing games.
00:37You got a nail.
00:38That's bad luck.
00:39And he's absolutely having fun doing it.
00:41Why are you doing this?
00:43Because you love us.
00:48You're terrible.
00:49Terrible.
00:50You do not know the half of it.
00:52Speak no evil.

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