Recently added to Netflix UK and headed straight to No 1 on the film chart is a movie that ended up being my favourite of 2024. Speak No Evil is a psychological horror thriller, with surprisingly a lot of laugh-out-loud comic moments.
A remake of the 2022 Danish-Dutch film of the same name, this Black Mirror-esque reverse home invasion is the British Get Out. Check out a segment and synopsis from my 2024 five-star review below.
One of the best new British horror movies debuts at No 1 on Netflix film chart (Image: UNIVERSAL)
Speak No Evil follows an urban American family who are invited for a weekend at a countryside farmhouse owned by an eccentric British couple they met on holiday. James McAvoy stars as the husband of the latter family, giving a charming and chilling performance that’s truly a career highlight. A muscular, passive-aggressive role modelled on Andrew Tate, Paddy embodies toxic alpha masculinity, in contrast to Scott McNairy’s non-confrontational dad, who struggles to stand up for his wife and daughter when they’re being walked all over.
Speak Now Evil is streaming on Netflix UK now (Image: UNIVERSAL)
Their stay at the farmhouse is filled with strange and awkward situations from there being no vegetarian option at dinner for Mackenzie Davis’ frustrated American mother to the unwashed bed sheets in the guest bedroom. At first, they brush these inconveniences aside as a hospitality culture clash, before Paddy’s mute son starts to alert the visiting family to the disturbing mysteries surrounding what is really going on.
