Speak No Evil (2022) is a Danish psychological horror that explores how politeness and social pressure can become terrifying. It follows a Danish family who, after meeting another family on holiday, accept an invitation to visit them at their countryside home. What begins as a friendly weekend slowly turns into something deeply unsettling.
Director of this film (Christian Tafdrup) was inspired by his own experiences of uncomfortable social encounters, which makes the film feel all the more real.
Audiences and critics praised it for being one of the most disturbing and original horrors in recent years, for how it creates fear from ordinary, everyday interactions, with some calling it a modern masterpiece of psychological horror. It received wide praise for its chilling atmosphere and bold ending.
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