The original Speak No Evil director shares his input on the ending changes to the 2024 remake, and the comments are unfavorable. The remake follows a similar premise to the original 2022 movie, where a British couple invites an American family to their countryside, only to see their visit take a sinister turn. There is a drastic change to the Speak No Evil remake's ending, where the survivors overcome the hosts and leave the cottage alive. It's a stark contrast to the original's bleak conclusion, with the visiting Danish couple being stoned to death and the Dutch pair continuing their murderous spree.

While speaking on the Danish radio show Kulturen (via NME), 2022's Speak No Evil director and co-writer Christian Tafdrup was critical of the ending changes in the 2024 version. The filmmaker particularly noted the American storytelling of good defeating evil, acknowledging the remake could never replicate the bleak ending from the...