Overview
A weekend getaway turns into a nightmare as dark secrets unravel within a seemingly friendly family.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- brooding
- unsettling
- paranoid
- late night horror viewing
- halloween season
What critics said
Critics broadly found the remake accessible and effectively unsettling, with James McAvoy’s performance and mounting tension standing out despite a more commercially streamlined approach than the Danish original.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Dalton family repeatedly tolerates unsettling behavior from their hosts because social expectations discourage confrontation.
The weekend’s unease grows through awkward interactions, emotional manipulation, and increasingly dangerous escalation rather than immediate spectacle.
Louise and Ben must protect Agnes and Ant as the supposedly welcoming household becomes hostile.
James McAvoy’s Paddy combines convivial hospitality with creepy, unhinged behavior, making every social exchange unstable.
Films like Speak No Evil, and why
The Invitation
shares psychological horror, social discomfort, escalating domestic menace, and a family trapped by politeness
Funny Games
shares psychological thriller tension, interpersonal manipulation, and an apparently hospitable gathering turning threatening
The Strangers
shares family-in-peril horror, claustrophobic suspense, and escalating danger inside an isolated home
Movie Details
- Director
- James Watkins
- Release Date
- 2024-09-11
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (2363)
Cast
- James McAvoy
- Mackenzie Davis
- Scoot McNairy
- Aisling Franciosi
- Alix West Lefler
- Dan Hough
- Kris Hitchen
- Motaz Malhees
- Jakob Højlev Jørgensen
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Speak No Evil about?
- A family’s polite weekend visit becomes a claustrophobic psychological horror ordeal when their charming hosts reveal a sinister side.
- What is Speak No Evil like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Speak No Evil as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Speak No Evil violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Speak No Evil as brutal.
- What did critics think of Speak No Evil?
- Critics broadly found the remake accessible and effectively unsettling, with James McAvoy’s performance and mounting tension standing out despite a more commercially streamlined approach than the Danish original.
- Which films are like Speak No Evil?
- Films with a similar feel include The Invitation, Funny Games, and The Strangers.
- How long is Speak No Evil?
- Speak No Evil runs 110 minutes.
- Where can I watch Speak No Evil?
- In United States, Speak No Evil streams on Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV channel.
