Universal’s ‘Speak No Evil’ Coming To Streaming in December
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Blumhouse and Universal’s Speak No Evil, a remake of the Danish horror film, is now available to buy on Digital and Blu-ray. The movie will soon be available to stream, starting December 6, only on Peacock.
Directed by James Watkins (The Woman in Black, Eden Lake), the film stars Mackenzie Davis (Terminator: Dark Fate, Happiest Season), James McAvoy (Split, Glass), and Scoot McNairy (Argo).
Speak No Evil remake is about “a family invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they realize that a dark side lies within the family who invited them.”
As of November 13, 2024, Speak No Evil has grossed $36.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $39.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $76.7 million.
In the United States and Canada, Speak No Evil was released alongside The Killer’s Game and Am I Racist?, and was projected to gross $10–13 million from 3,375 theaters in its opening weekend.
The film made $4.9 million on its first day, including $1.3 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut at $11.5 million, finishing second behind holdover Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. In its second weekend, the film made $5.9 million (a drop of 48%), finishing in third.
On Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of 198 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website’s consensus reads: “Harnessing sick suspense from the glimmer in James McAvoy’s eye, Speak No Evil is the rare remake that hushes up concerns of ‘been there, done that.'”
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating “generally favorable” reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A+ to F scale.
The remake’s ending sparked mixed reactions, as it contrasted the original film’s ending where the antagonists killed the couple and cut their daughter’s tongue before taking her in as their own.
The original film’s director and writer, Christian Tafdrup, criticized the change, adding, “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.”
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