When Blumhouse announced that they would be remaking the critically acclaimed 2022 Danish horror movie Speak No Evil, some fans raised concerns online that it was too soon to be retelling that story. There were also 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:questions about why the world needed an English language retelling, especially when much of the originalౠ film is already in English.

The team behind the upcoming remake want to ease those fears, promising that it will partly take this tale of a family holiday gone wrong in a new direction. Speaking to out on Thursday, July 19, which features 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Alien: Romulus on the cover, star James McAvoy emphasizes that the same themes are explored, crucially class and how far we go to satisfy others, whilst also putting their own stamp on it: "Chꦅristian [Tafdrup, director of the original] was really pushing the idea of how far people would comply, like an allegory almost. Our film is 100% a remake and it honors the original, but it also does something a little bit different."

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As to where those differences lie, the director of the remake, James Watkins, says that a lot has to do with the violence in his movie. No spoilers here, but the original holds a๊ no compromises attitude, especially when it comes to the shocking ending and violence against children. 

Speak No Evil is released on September 12. And you can read more about it and a whole lot else besides in the newಞ issue of Total Film when it hits shelves and digital newsstands on Thursday, July 19.

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