2022 · horror · thriller
Speak No Evil (2022)
Directed by Christian Tafdrup1h 38m2022
A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
Our read: Speak No Evil (2022) (2022) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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