We’ve become so much better off as a society ever since James McAvoy embraced the fact that he is a brilliant heel and started leaning into absurd and evil roles. Case in point: The trailer for James Watkins’ Speak No Evil, a remake of the 2022 Danish flick of the same name that made some waves when it hit the festival circuit over here. Universal hit the CinemaCon stage on Wednesday night and dropped a full-length preview for the upcoming film full of horror, suspense, and McAvoy being scary as fuck. Think of this (and Barbarian) the next time you check into an Airbnb.
Peep it:
Here’s a nice and thick synopsis that includes a whole lot of honorifics for Blumhouse:
“When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. From Blumhouse, the producer of ‘The Black Phone,’ ‘Get Out’ and ‘The Invisible Man,’ comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age, starring BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy (‘Split,’ ‘Glass’) in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness. ‘Speak No Evil’ stars Mackenzie Davis (‘Terminator: Dark Fate,’ ‘Halt and Catch Fire’) and SAG award-winner Scoot McNairy (‘Argo,’ ‘A Quiet Place Part II’) as American couple Louise and Ben Dalton, who, along with their 11-year-old daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler; ‘The Good Nurse,’ ‘Riverdale’), accept the weekend-holiday invitation of Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara (Aisling Franciosi; ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Fall’) and their furtive, mute son Ant (newcomer Daniel Hough).”
Speak No Evil hits theaters on September 13, but if you want to experience a Danish-language preview of coming attractions, the original is currently streaming on Shudder. It’s creepy!