Danish horror movie "Speak No Evil" features a super-bleak ending. James McAvoy weighs in on how remake goes a different way.

Watkins was surprised when director Christian Tafdrup revealed that 2008's 'Eden Lake' had an influence on his film.

When “Speak No Evil” director James Watkins sat down to write a screenplay based on the 2022 Danish horror film from Christian Tafdrup, he had one person in mind to play a deluded, deranged father.

Scoot McNairy stars in "Speak No Evil," a remake of the 2022 Danish horror movie. He says he watched the original before ever reading the new script.

James McAvoy has built a strong reputation for tackling challenging and intense roles, consistently choosing projects that push boundaries. Now, based on the intense trailer for Speak No Evil, it looks like McAvoy is ready to push the envelope again in his upcoming horror movie.

Warning: This article contains spoilers from Speak No Evil. While James Watkins’ Speak No Evil follows the same basic premise as Christian Tafdrup’s 2022 Danish original, the characters in each film react very differently to their shared predicaments.

James Watkins acknowledges directors would like trailers to show off less of films. "And then they go, 'Well, yeah, but no one’s going to see your movie.'" Photo: James McAvoy and James Watkins (Credit: Vivien Killilea/ for IMDb) Even if you weren’t familiar with the premise of James Watkins’ Speak No Evil from the fact that it was a remake of an existing movie—Christian Tafdrup’s Danish horror film of the same name—you certainly were by the time you got to the end of the movie’s first trailer.