In 2022, Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup delivered one of the most disturbing horror films Modern times with “don’t talk about evil”. Tafdrup, who co-wrote the film with his brother, Mads, did not want to count on Gore to upset the public. In fact, he did not want to count on established tropes of the kind of horror in order to reach his desired effect, rather building a really unique and deeply disturbing film that haunted viewers not only for the dark events contained therein, but for his social comment. More specifically, Tafdrup wanted to question the generalized aversion of humanity for interpersonal conflicts and show how an obstinate commitment to maintain a polished social way can have disastrous consequences.

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Of course, the consequences represented in “Speak No Evil” were a little more disastrous than any of us who will never know. A notorious scene has managed to speak so much harm that he immediately became an unpleasant basic memory for anyone who witnessed it. But, the central idea of ​​our often uncontrollable desire to maintain a polished social sphere leading to horrible results was really the most overwhelming part of “not talking about evil”.

Then Hollywood decided that this particularly effective horror film should be redone almost immediately. We have seen how this story takes place a hundred times, and as such hopes were not exactly high. But when the version of James Watkins of “Speak No Evil” arrived in 2024, fans of the original were pleasantly surprised. The remake supported by Blumhouse was in fact decent, and some criticisms even congratulated him for having simultaneously did the justice of origin while adding his own twist. He also experienced a better career performance by James McAvoy, which is probably the only element of the remake that the original could simply not match.

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Now, less than a year after its release, the remake “Speak no Evil” has a little Renaissance streaming on Prime Video, where viewers managed to send it to the most watched film records.

Write on the original “Speak no Evil” in / Film’s Best horror films of 2022 Rundown, Chris Evangelista nicknamed him “such a dark and cruel film that he is required to flee”. The remake is not as dark, which surely helped him to succeed when he made his herds beginnings in September 2024 and almost certainly helps his recent video success.

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Director James Watkins, who also wrote the script, has passed the Netherlands in England, where an American family visits a distant farm at the invitation of its owner, Paddy (James McAvoy). Paddy lives with his wife Ciara (Aisling Franciosi) and his son Ant (Dan Hough), and at the beginning seems to be a charming host for his new American friends, whom he met on vacation. Things quickly take a tour, however, while Paddy becomes more and more disturbed and transforms the journey of his guests in a living nightmare.

Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy and Alix West Lefler also play in this horror remake that apparently repeated its initial success, this time streaming. The video of “Speak No Evil” struck the video of April 1, 2025 and after ten days, seems to have finally had an impact. According to Streaming Assembly Tracker Flixpatrol The film hit number four on the US video charts on April 10. This is perhaps not the beginnings of the most spectacular paintings for a new film on service, but it is the beginning, and “Speak No Evil” could very well have a stellar race on the service – which would be a great development by considering some of the films that have increased the leading video points in recent months.

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Video premium has superb things offered, original series such as The best “Reacher” television action program And Adaptation of “Fallout” stellar video game To acquire films such as the thriller by Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum in 2024, “Blink Twice”, which resumed the main video graphics in January. However, the service has also deteriorated a little The forgotten film by Zach Galifianakis and Owen Wilson who triumphed over the primitive video In February 2025 despite a 6% rotten score.

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As such, with its 83% Rotten tomatoes Score, it’s nice to see “Speaking No Evil” Increase the graphics of movies on the same service. The film has already been a success at the box office in September, bringing $ 77.2 million On a budget of $ 15 million, but the fact that it also impressed criticism made it a real breath of fresh air on these graphics. It remains to be seen if it can continue its climb, but it is the only new addition to the main video records in the United States, all the other films in the ranking has been there for some time, with “The Magnifiment Seven” managing an incredible 70 days in the top 10 (according to the Flixpatrol).

Meanwhile, another success in 2024, “Twisters” is in first place, but has already been in the charts for 22 days, so there is everything to play here. If you want to be disturbed but not quite shaken to your heart, then it may be time to give to the American “do not talk about evil” too, and maybe save the original when you are really ready to go to a dark place without McAvoy.

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