Speak No Evil: Last News

Speak No Evil has hit out at the new remake for rewriting the “entire ending”, saying: “I don’t know what it is about Americans”.Speak No Evil – which is an American remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name – was released in cinemas on September 13. Written and directed by James Watkins (The Woman In Black, Eden Lake), the film stars James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi and Scoot McNairy.Now, the director of the original, Christian Tafdrup, has criticised the film’s remake for a number of significant changes.The remake changes the nationalities of the families to British and American and Watkins has divided fans by completely changing the ending to the film.Tafdrup told the Danish radio show Kulturen that he was unimpressed with the film and went on to criticise several elements of the movie.He said: “I don’t know what it is about Americans, but they are brought up for a heroic tale, where the good must win over the bad, and this version of the film cultivates that” (as per dr.dk).He went on to say that the changes to the story also make it “less dangerous”, making it a safer version than his original.*Spoilers ahead*He added: “I found that they have made a wildly entertaining, effective, well-acted version of my original film.

Rotten Tomatoes has pulled together the critical consensus on every horror movie released since January 1, and the film topping the poll is Late Night With The Devil, Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ found footage supernatural horror set on a late night chat show on Halloween 1977.The film stars David Dastmalchian (Prisoners, Blade Runner 2049) as Jack Delroy, the host of the show in question, as he attempts to boost ratings by inviting an allegedly possessed girl onto the show.The film made headlines on its opening weekend in March when it drew exactly $666,666 on its first Sunday of release, contributing to an overall weekend haul of $2.8million (£2.2million). It tops Rotten Tomatoes’ list with a very strong 97 per cent critics score, and is available to stream on Shudder or to rent or buy.The Irish film Oddity makes it into second place with 96 per cent.

English-language remakes of international films are typically not as good as the original. You could argue that most remakes aren’t as good as the original.

See no evil. Hear no evil.

The fall is upon us, and you know what that means— it’s the best time for scary movies. And yes, there will be plenty of silly slashers and paranormal frights to keep you occupied.