‘Speak No Evil’ Trailer: Disturbing New Release Is An Introvert’s Worst Nightmare
Mary Beth McAndrews
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As we’re all starting to slowly wander back into the real world, many of us are realizing how rusty our social skills are. After two years in social isolation, it shouldn’t come as any surprise. Now there’s a film coming to Shudder that will only serve to amp up that anxiety. Director Christian Tafdrup’s Speak No Evil delivers a disturbing and nihilistic descent into every introvert’s nightmare.
Read the full synopsis below:
On a vacation in Tuscany, two families—one Danish, one Dutch—meet and become fast friends. Months later, the free-spirited Dutch family extends an invitation to the more conservative Danish one for a holiday weekend getaway at their countryside home. However, it doesn’t take long before things gradually get out of hand as the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings. The Dutch hospitality quickly turns unnerving for the Danes, and they find themselves increasingly caught in a web of their own politeness in the face of eccentric…or is it sinister…behavior.
In her review out of Sundance, Dread Central’s editor-in-chief Mary Beth McAndrews wrote:
Speak No Evil makes you never want to make a new friend again. This film is social anxiety personified, making you sweat as Bjørn and Louise endure escalating levels of rude behavior. It is every moment of small talk, awkward elevator conversations, and listening to oversharer mashed together into your worst nightmare. This isn’t a film for those with a weak stomach or a dislike of nihilism; Speak No Evil is incredibly mean-spirited. But for those who love films like Funny Games and The Strangers, Tafdrup’s latest is pitch-perfect.
Watch the new trailer:
Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja Van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Liva Forsberg, and Marius Damslev star in the film.
Speak No Evil premieres on September 9 in limited release and comes to Shudder on September 15.
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