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If you like horror films- Holy shit. Speak No Evil-

This is one of the most frightening films that I have ever seen.

I am an Ari Ester fan, and it is probably more disturbing than Hereditary and Midsommer.

I watched it a year ago, and then again today- and it was more disturbing on a second viewing.

The script is very cruel once you know what happens-

One of the very few horror films that is more horrifying on the 2nd viewing.

I do not know how these actors did it- in this film particularly-

Amazing film-

by Anonymousreply 77April 17, 2024 12:16 PM

Not one comment? :(

I highly recommend this one if you like horror-

by Anonymousreply 1February 18, 2024 3:48 PM

It reminds me of The Vanishing. Once you get to the end, you have to watch it again.

I wonder if they'll fuck up the American remake.

by Anonymousreply 2February 18, 2024 5:49 PM

R2- Other than Hereditary- I have never found a film scarier and more disturbing on a second viewing.

What floored me are various lines throughout the film that were really vicious when you know what ultimately happens...

My heart was racing later in the film like I had never seen it before.

These were very brave actors.

The Vanishing (original) is an absolutely perfect comparison.

American Remake- Fuck. What? I think I had heard this awhile back and clearly blocked it out.

by Anonymousreply 3February 18, 2024 5:54 PM

I looked up the remake. It is coming from Blumhouse. The three leads are James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis and Scoot McNairy and the director is responsible for one of the most horrifying movies I've seen called Eden Lake. If you haven't seen Eden Lake, r1, you really should. It is essentially Deliverance in England...but without the anal rape. It's also one of Michael Fassbender's first films. So, the remake is going to be in good hands.

by Anonymousreply 4February 18, 2024 6:04 PM

R4- I just checked this out- I DID see Eden Lake and it was very effective (Its 15 years old and was pretty hardcore for its time)

He also directed The Descent Part 2- and while not as good as the original, was pretty damn great. (Its issues were more script/plot related)

and I do like James Mcavoy-

In this case anyway, Blumhouse is another good sign-

by Anonymousreply 5February 18, 2024 6:23 PM

Are we the only horror fans on this site?

by Anonymousreply 6February 19, 2024 5:48 PM

R6- No- Because those Halloween threads were pretty popular. This place is odd sometimes!

Hey- you know what I just noticed--- They do not have an actress listed as the "wife"--

I dont want to give away spoilers...

As you know there were 2 women... Its weird... I wonder if they are changing it to do two gay men, or a single man, or IMDB just has not listed it... Kind of interesting.

For me- they should not change a fucking thing. The original is near perfect.

by Anonymousreply 7February 19, 2024 6:40 PM

Thanks op im going to watch it today

by Anonymousreply 8February 19, 2024 6:44 PM

I like horror but what is the films title and is it on netflix or does it have a 8k blu ray? Thanks

by Anonymousreply 9February 19, 2024 6:52 PM

R9- SPEAK NO EVIL---

No idea on he rest buddy...

by Anonymousreply 10February 19, 2024 6:57 PM

Nice R8- I cannot wait to hear your review!!!!

Normally I would say wait until the new one comes out and watch both! However, there is no way this new film will be better than this original. There is just no way.

by Anonymousreply 11February 19, 2024 6:58 PM

Is this out already? I thought it was coming out in the summer of 2024.

by Anonymousreply 12February 19, 2024 7:07 PM

They're remaking a film from 2 years ago? Instant nostalgia?

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by Anonymousreply 13February 19, 2024 7:08 PM

R12 We are talking about the original-

by Anonymousreply 14February 19, 2024 7:20 PM

What if you thought Hereditary was stupid? I didn't care for it so if this is being compared to that...

by Anonymousreply 15February 19, 2024 7:22 PM

I'm reading the wiki page about it now. Going back for a fucking stuffed rabbit? Yeah, some people bring their own troubles on.

by Anonymousreply 16February 19, 2024 7:24 PM

r13, it's an English language remake.

r9, it's on Shudder right now. Don't know about a Blu-Ray.

OP, Yeah, I don't see a wife. I hope they don't make them a gay couple for obvious reasons. Maybe they're hiding stunt casting?

r16, This movie has zero moments of supernatural horror. It is slow burn horror.

by Anonymousreply 17February 19, 2024 7:27 PM

Okay good R17, cause I can't do the floating people bullshit of hereditary, not to mention the incredibly unattractive little girl who looked nothing like the brother or parents, but I digress.

by Anonymousreply 18February 19, 2024 8:02 PM

I’m a supernatural horror fan but loved SNE. I’m sure the remake is going to stink like our version of Martyrs.

Americans love crappy happy endings and can’t stand to see the kiddies hurt, so this too will suck

by Anonymousreply 19February 19, 2024 8:15 PM

Yes! I loved Martyrs, the French one, is there a remake? That's the kind of horror I love. I also loved "Frailty" and of course "Rosemary's baby". I don't know why I so disliked "Hereditary". My boyfriend loved it, it just didn't do it for me.

by Anonymousreply 20February 19, 2024 8:17 PM

I can't watch horror and have no idea why people do. Nothing worse than seeing people being cruel and horrific to each other.

But then again, I grew up with violence and lived in fear my entire life. Still do. So fear isn't "fun" for me.

by Anonymousreply 21February 19, 2024 8:24 PM

I grew up with a brother dying of Cystic Fibrosis, I was always trying to escape and also desensitize myself to the prospect of death. Friday the 13th and all the other scary movies helped me. Bring them on!

by Anonymousreply 22February 19, 2024 8:27 PM

R22- I lost my dad when I was 10. And he LOVED horror films.. So my love for them is similar in a weird way to yours, and also it reminds me of my dad.

Probably the most vicious film that I have seen to date is L'Interieur (sp?) aka Inside starring Beatrice Dalle- Absolutely nasty.

Speak No Evil is a far better film and almost just as nasty- in a completely different way.

by Anonymousreply 23February 19, 2024 8:32 PM

Ooh thanks for the tip R23. Yeah I've just always loved horror and am always looking for new ones. I was so excited to see "Pearl"and "X" and they were a let down.

by Anonymousreply 24February 19, 2024 8:35 PM

NO WAY R24!!! I loved Pearl and X-- Probably my two other favorites next to Speak No Evil as far as horror films in the last 2 years. Shit.

I started that thread about a film called The Nest awhile ago, and I just saw The Iron Claw last night. Both by Sean Durkin one of my favorite directors.

I recommend both of those highly as well. The Nest and Speak No Evil are in my top 20 films of all time at this point.

by Anonymousreply 25February 19, 2024 8:39 PM

It was good but I prefer supernatural elements in horror movies

by Anonymousreply 26February 19, 2024 8:47 PM

It was excellent, OP. I watched it yesterday. I see on IMDB many reviewers think the visiting couple was too passive in their actions in the last section of the movie. I can see their point, but I felt differently. I won’t say any more because I don’t want to spoil it.

Thanks so much for recommending!

by Anonymousreply 27February 19, 2024 9:36 PM

R25 Ha, it's funny how different people get the movies differently. I enjoyed Pearl and X, but not in a scary way. I read about the Nest on here at work so I forgot to make note of it, I will though. It's just good to have fellow horror fans, even if we like different ones.

by Anonymousreply 28February 19, 2024 10:05 PM

R20 the US version of Martyrs is godawful.. Frailty was great. Have you seen Lake Mungo, Fractured? Another creepy supernatural movie you need to watch into the ending credits

R21 I can’t stand slasher films that fall under the horror category. I want creepy, a movie like Fractured…no blood or guts

by Anonymousreply 29February 19, 2024 10:06 PM

Quite chilling. The ending made me sick. Makes you not to make friends with couples.

by Anonymousreply 30February 19, 2024 10:07 PM

I don’t understand why the couple just took it ( no spoiler)r30.

by Anonymousreply 31February 19, 2024 10:16 PM

I’m going to give this a watch. I’ll report back for discussion.

by Anonymousreply 32February 19, 2024 10:46 PM

I’ve created a spoiler thread for those of us who’ve seen the movie and would like to discuss it.

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by Anonymousreply 33February 19, 2024 10:52 PM

It reminded me of Funny Games. They're both movies where the bad guys start violating boundaries and keep escalating until they're holding the family at gunpoint/cutting out a child's tongue. Both situations could have been avoided if the protagonists had ditched their middle class manners and told someone to FUCK OFF.

by Anonymousreply 34February 19, 2024 11:28 PM

R34 Yes!

At least the US version of FG was as good as the German original…I do think, without googling it, Hanake did both versions

by Anonymousreply 35February 19, 2024 11:59 PM

This kind of reminded me of another European thriller about the dangers of getting close to strangers called Borgman

by Anonymousreply 36February 20, 2024 1:24 AM

Have you guys seen this? It's great, I promise you'll love it.

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by Anonymousreply 37February 20, 2024 3:43 AM

It has to have a great story to be worth it to me. I disliked Hereditary, which didn't feel like it had a great story, just some tacked-on stuff about witchcraft that didn't feel like it was at the heart of the film for me. The acting - is good but mostly it was the same-old same-old.

These "horrors that people do" films like Inside seem to come into vogue every couple of years and they have never been my faves.

I rewatched Get Out recently and found it holds up really well. I like those, and fun slasher and supernatral films from the 1980s that feature gratuitous nudity from like Michelle Bauer.

by Anonymousreply 38February 20, 2024 9:34 AM

I found "X" pretty underwhelming but I loved "Pearl"

by Anonymousreply 39February 20, 2024 11:15 AM

The alligator scene in the beginning of X was really well-done. I thought she was insane for jumping into a random pond in east Texas and then camera panned over the the alligator on the shore. Chilling.

by Anonymousreply 40February 20, 2024 8:32 PM

Yeah X was good, it just wasn't as scary as I hoped. For young kids who don't know true horror, it's perfectly fine.

by Anonymousreply 41February 20, 2024 8:34 PM

What do you consider true horror, r41?

by Anonymousreply 42February 20, 2024 8:39 PM

Oh damn, R42, I was hoping you wouldn't ask. After I typed that I thought about it. That's a great question...The original "Nightmare on Elm Street", "Hostel" was pretty good, "Halloween"...I guess X is horror, but what I should have said is it's not the type of horror that would scare me, if that makes sense. Oh "Henry; Portrait of a Serial Killer" too.

by Anonymousreply 43February 20, 2024 8:45 PM

I will try it.

by Anonymousreply 44February 21, 2024 4:21 AM

Hostel is still one of the scariest movies to me.

Mostly because its real people doing very evil and horrible things, and the setting for it is VERY plausible.

Especially given how sadistic and evil, rich people can be.

And how they like to prey upon poorer, weaker people. Just for sport.

To me, that is a REAL life horror.

by Anonymousreply 45February 21, 2024 5:16 AM

I don't like the torture porn movies but I love supernatural horror. Funny Games really bothered me. I guess I kept hoping someone would get away but the nonchalance of the killers shoving her overboard and then just popping the husband and going to the next house was very disturbing to me. Another one similar is Open House.

Insidious really creeped me out with all the shadowy figures hiding in corners.

by Anonymousreply 46February 22, 2024 6:04 PM

Yes Funny Games was fucking scary, sort of loosely based on Tom and Jackie Hawks murder. The thought of being thrown in the ocean in a bag....nah, fuck that.

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by Anonymousreply 47February 22, 2024 6:07 PM

Loved Pearl. Haunt on Amazon Prime is really good. Eli Roth produced it. A lot of good ones on Shudder.

by Anonymousreply 48February 22, 2024 10:07 PM

Oh nice, R48, I love Roth. I liked "Cabin Fever" too. Hey didn't he date DL anti hero Kelly Osborne?

by Anonymousreply 49February 22, 2024 10:35 PM

R36, I just watched Borgman. Good recommendation. I thought it went down easier than Funny Games or Speak No Evil because those Dutch yuppies were such unlikable cunts. It would have been a lot darker if they killed the kids.

by Anonymousreply 50February 29, 2024 4:06 AM

Every "new horror" and quite a few classic horror tropes rolled into one.

by Anonymousreply 51February 29, 2024 4:45 AM

OP, what is the movie about? I mean, without spoilers (obviously) what KIND of horror movie is it? What's the gist? Make me interested in seeing it...

by Anonymousreply 52February 29, 2024 5:14 AM

Family A meets Family B and Family B does increasingly bad things to Family A.

by Anonymousreply 53February 29, 2024 5:25 AM

The remake looks like derivative SHIT.

I am extremely disappointed. The original is a MASTERPIECE. This looks like the first half is identical and the last 1/2 is destroyed and turned into a basic action/thriller. NO THANKS. This looks terrible.

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by Anonymousreply 54April 11, 2024 1:56 AM

The remake looks interesting, I like McAvoy, he can play the latent psycho well. Abigail looks like it's going to be a hoot. I'm interested in what Skarsgard is going to bring to Nosferatu, and the trailer for Alien: Romulus looks crazy.

by Anonymousreply 55April 11, 2024 3:58 AM

The original is so good. I’ll probably end up seeing it. And be disappointed.

by Anonymousreply 56April 11, 2024 4:02 AM

Disturbing film. I can't believe they already remade it but nothing beats the OG.

by Anonymousreply 57April 11, 2024 4:54 AM

It’s one of those movies that stays with you. It’s so fucked up. I wish they wouldn’t have gone back for that damn bunny.

by Anonymousreply 58April 11, 2024 10:03 PM

Has anyone seen late night with the devil?

by Anonymousreply 59April 11, 2024 10:04 PM

R59 That is the film I am most excited about other than Maxxxine!!!

by Anonymousreply 60April 11, 2024 10:47 PM

There’s one on Shudder called the influencer. I was pleasantly surprised it was actually pretty good watch it if you get a chance.

by Anonymousreply 61April 12, 2024 12:31 AM

R61- I liked that one too!!!

by Anonymousreply 62April 12, 2024 1:26 AM

R39 I finally saw Pearl… lol, it was great. Definitely original

by Anonymousreply 63April 12, 2024 12:25 PM

Violence porn is not what I call "good horror films."

It's violence porn.

by Anonymousreply 64April 12, 2024 12:47 PM

It's terrific. Horrifying in all the right ways.

by Anonymousreply 65April 12, 2024 2:42 PM

Just watched it. Definitely one of the most unsettling films I've seen. I like the comparisons to the original Vanishing.

I will watch it again at some point.

Thanks OP!

by Anonymousreply 66April 12, 2024 10:08 PM

This is a perfect description from Carlos Aguilar: " [a] brilliantly bleak cautionary tale about letting others cross one’s boundaries for the sake of civility ..."

by Anonymousreply 67April 12, 2024 10:13 PM

I don't like gory pointless slasher movies. BUt I like a good horror movie especially science fiction.

by Anonymousreply 68April 12, 2024 10:26 PM

It wasn't a gory, pointless slasher film, r68.

The original Vanishing wasn't a slasher film either, but the final scene disturbed me more than anything I've seen in a slasher movie.

by Anonymousreply 69April 12, 2024 10:31 PM

So is the Speak No Evil you're praising a Dutch film about two families? I'm finding several films with that title.

by Anonymousreply 70April 12, 2024 11:20 PM

Correct ^^^

by Anonymousreply 71April 12, 2024 11:23 PM

Thank you, r71. Putting it on my watch list.

by Anonymousreply 72April 12, 2024 11:25 PM

Anybody have any good recommendations for some good movies on Shudder?

by Anonymousreply 73April 13, 2024 9:53 PM

What the hell made people notice this thread months later?

Was it the remake trailer?

I cannot stress enough- WATCH THE ORIGINAL before seeing that piece of shit- I can tell already that they destroyed the last 1/2.

I would hate for the impact to be lessened because the original is( more or less) spoiled by some action film remake.

Watch the original.

by Anonymousreply 74April 14, 2024 12:01 AM

McAvoy isn't playing the character I thought he would.

by Anonymousreply 75April 15, 2024 4:33 AM

R75- That actually surprised me too-

by Anonymousreply 76April 15, 2024 2:14 PM

I'm watching this tonight. I chose Pet Sematary Bloodlines over it. WHYYYY. Oh, yeah...because Katey Sagal's HOT son is in it.

by Anonymousreply 77April 17, 2024 12:16 PM
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