In an interview with Digital Trends, director Christian Tafdrup talks about his new Shudder horror film SpeakNoEvil.
We’ve seen horror films that have dealt with babysitter slashers, camp counselor-hunting psychopaths, serial killer dream killers, deadly plastic dolls, chainsaw-wielding maniacs, and even some Killer Klowns from Outer Space. But has the horror genre ever had a film about the terror caused by being too polite?
With all good ideas, you suddenly start fleshing them out in your head. What would that look like? And what if we went to stay with this family and what if it was not a comedy? Because in the beginning, I thought this is a very typical idea for a comedy where you get some misunderstandings between couples.
Well, of course, I thought a little bit about what I liked in the horror films I liked, and I discovered that if it’s a good horror film, I really like the first half. And then I think in the second half, especially in the end, it often goes too crazy and wants to explain itself. With Speak No Evil, we establish the setting very clearly and gradually: It takes place in a naturalistic house that any family could relate to or desire. I discovered along the way that I think that is the scariest thing I could do: If the horror is relatable, or if the horror is more between human beings than between a human and some supernatural elements.
Well, I was immediately interested in social behavior and in social rules and how much we are dictated by that. Sometimes we want to please everyone and as a result, we sacrifice ourselves. We don’t listen to that inner voice that is saying, “I’m really not comfortable here. I can feel it, but maybe it’s my fault. Maybe it’s a misunderstanding. I’m too obsessed with what other people think of me.”
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