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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Speak No Evil And What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Never visit your weird new friends at their enormous isolated country estate. That's a basic rule that an American family fails to follow in the new horror thriller Speak No Evil starring James McAvoy. By the time they figure out they are in way over their heads, it's much much too late.

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Never visit your weird new friends at their enormous isolated country estate.

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That's a basic rule that an American couple fails to follow

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in the new horror thriller Speak No Evil.

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They meet a family on vacation and agree to come and hang out. Far from any neighbors or cell service or. on late. I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about Speak No Evil on

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pop culture happy hour from NPR. Joining me today is freelance music and

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culture journalist R. R. R. R. R. R. R. D'Anjourne.

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Hi Rieanna. How do?

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Also with us is the Philadelphia Inquires Arts and Entertainment Editor and

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film critic Bedatry D. Chaudry. Hello, Bedatry.

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Hello, Linda.

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And rounding out the panel is Jordan Morris. He's a podcaster and his graphic novel Youth Group is available now. Welcome back, Jordan.

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Hi, great to be here. Speaking of Evil is a remake of a 2022 Danish horror film that got very good reviews.

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The remake stars Mackenzie Davis and Scoot McNary as Louise and Ben, an American couple

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on vacation with their daughter.

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They make friends with a couple of Brits named Patty and Kira, who are on vacation with their

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son.

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They are played by James McAvoy and Ashling Francose. Later, Louise and Ben are

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invited out for a weekend visit at the sprawling somewhat run-down farm where

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