Our first dispatch on the first half of the Midnights program from this year's Sundance. 

Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup’s latest centers on a couple who are drawn deeper and deeper into darkness in the name of (gasp!) not offending their hosts.

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Danish director Christian Tafdrup's Netherlands nightmare puts a family through hell when they make friends with the wrong folks on vacation.

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Speak No Evil is terrifying, shocking, and deeply, deeply unsettling. There’s no getting around the upset factor. Audiences who catch this Sundance entry from Denmark should be warned: this one’s gonna hurt. The latest from Christian Tafdrup has the brutal shock value of George Sluizer’s The Vanishing and gut-punching, visceral impact of Haneke’s Funny Games.

Ultimately, Speak No Evil feels more like a Trojan horse for non-horror fans. A nihilistic satire nestled deep within a strange drama, waiting for unsuspecting viewers to have the rug pulled out from under them at the very last second.

Christian Tardrup’s skillful, unpleasant feature finds some well-heeled Danes making a fatefully poor choice of new friends abroad.

A Dutch vacation becomes a sinister social nightmare in the unsettling Shudder-bound thriller Speak No Evil.

The polite, kind and considerate are forever at the disadvantage when dealing with boorish, brutish bullies. That's the message in "Speak No Evil," a taut, pitiless Danish/Dutch thriller that unfolds as a series of cringe-worthy moments, one right after the other. Danish actor turned director and co-writer Christian Tafdrup ("A Horrible Woman") serves up a…

Speak No Evil is a worthwhile test of wills that’s sure to dampen anyone’s day with a superbly excruciating tale of monsters in civilian clothing.

Christian Tafdrup's thriller, "Speak No Evil," shows just how being overly polite could put you in a deadly situation.

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW! Siblings Christian and Mads Tafdrup co-wrote the clever thriller Speak No Evil (Gæsterne). Christian Tafdrup also directs the film, so, suffice to say, it's a passion project. Does that passion translate to a satisfying viewing experience or viewers left out in the cold? Bjørn (Morten Burian), his wife Louise (Sidsel

Christian Tafdrup's merciless horror film takes politeness to wild, unnerving ends.

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A weekend with new friends goes as wrong as it can in a chilling Danish import 'Speak No Evil.'

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Nothing can fully prepare you for the appalling dark places Speak No Evil is headed to.

At its best, Christian Tafdrup’s 'Speak No Evil' plays as queasy satire of conditioned interpersonal behavior.

Hell is vacation friends in the sophisticated, grisly European horror thriller 'Speak No Evil,' now streaming on Shudder.