TPToA Podcast 376 – Speak No Evil

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A surprisingly tense, well made thriller that edges into horror very neatly.
it's not a comedy of manners, its a Horror of manners, and it works really well at making you uncomfortable both emotionally, and viscerally. is it necessary as a remake? that remains to be seen.
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Speak No Evil

In this US Blumhouse remake of Speak No Evil, (a blisteringly fast-turnaround of the Danish original film from 2022 of the same name) James McAvoy, Aisling Franciosi, Mackenzie Davis and Scoot McNairy learn the true meaning of making new friends as an adult: abject horror. Parenting, social niceties, politeness and vicious murder and death all play their part in this extremely well thought out “Elevated Horror”. the real question comes in when we explore how necessary it might be, given the original came out barely 2 years prior and was also mostly in english.

Dion and Peta are out this week, so Jill and Quinny are going though the horror show together.

Errata: in the podcast Quinny regularly says the other version of the film is Dutch. it is not, it is Danish, and it was released in 2022, not 2023. We apologize for the mistake.

Synopsis

A dream holiday turns into a living nightmare when an American couple and their daughter spend the weekend at a British family’s idyllic country estate.

In this episode we also cover topics such as:

The Perfect Couple

The Franchise

Kaos

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