SPEAK NO EVIL

*CUT TO THE CHASE*

NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Jeremy

The film opens in Italy. An American family, the Daltons – Ben (Scoot McNairy), Louise (Mackenzie Davis), and their daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler) – are vacationing at a resort. Agnes is 11 but still requires a stuffed rabbit doll called “Hoppy” for emotional support. Ben and Louise have trouble really enjoying their time there since the only people they talk to are a Danish couple that they find boring.

Agnes loses Hoppy and starts to freak out. It is retrieved by a British couple, the Felts – Paddy (James McAvoy) and Ciara (Aisling Franciosi), who are joined by their mute son Ant (Dan Hough). The Felts charm the Daltons and spend lunch with them. Ben tells Paddy how the family has moved to London for his job, while Louise has given up her job for the move. Paddy invites the family to his and Ciara’s country estate.

The Daltons later return to London, where Ben laments to Louise that he didn’t get a deal with his job that he was hoping for. He also expresses concerns about Agnes’s growth and her need to move on without a doll. They find a postcard from Paddy and Ciara, once again inviting the Daltons to join them. They contemplate it, and while Louise thinks hanging out with people they barely know is risky, she and Ben come around on the idea.

The Daltons arrive at the Felts’ estate just in time for dinner. Paddy shows off a goose he cooked and offers some to Louise, despite her previously telling him and Ciara that she is a vegetarian. Louise takes a bite to be polite but spits it out when Paddy and Ciara aren’t looking. When Ben offers to throw out some garbage, Ant follows him around and tries to show him that his tongue was cut out. The adults continue to hang out while Ant and Agnes sleep in the same room. Louise overhears Ant wailing in his sleep, but Paddy and Ciara tell her that he gets over it eventually, which he does.

The next day, both families go hiking in the woods. Agnes tries to go on a swingset, and Paddy forcefully moves Ant to make room for Agnes. Everyone then goes into the nearby lake per Paddy’s suggestion since Louise was complaining about neck pains. Louise starts to express discomfort to Ben, but Ciara invites them to join her and Paddy out for dinner in a nearby restaurant while they have Ant’s babysitter Muhjid (Motaz Mulhees) watch him and Agnes.

Over dinner, Paddy and Ciara talk about their active sex life, while Louise casually mentions that she and Ben don’t really have sex as much these days (to his discomfort). Paddy and Ciara then joke with them by pretending to have oral sex under the table. Meanwhile, Ant brings Agnes to a bedroom where he shows a collection of watches in a drawer. One of them has a Danish inscription underneath, along with another man’s name. Ant tries to keep Agnes quiet so Muhjid won’t find them (they tricked him into playing Hide and Seek). Ant also shows Agnes his torso covered with bruises and scars. Before going to bed, Ben expresses his annoyance with what Louise told Paddy and Ciara, adding that he hasn’t gotten over seeing another man’s penis on her phone before. They talk it over and hug it out, while Paddy spies on them.

At night, Louise wakes up and goes to the kids’ room to check on Agnes, but finds neither her nor Ant. She looks all over until she finds Agnes sleeping in bed next to Ciara. She grabs her daughter and goes back to her room.

As the morning comes, Louise tells Ben that Agnes sleeping in Paddy and Ciara’s room is the last straw for her and that they need to leave immediately. The Daltons try to sneak out quietly before Paddy and Ciara can wake up, but on the road, Agnes starts to freak out again because they left Hoppy behind. Ben tries to make her get over it, but she kicks his seat and almost causes them to drive into a truck. Ben relents and drives back to the house to try and get the doll, but Paddy and Ciara have already woken up and seem offended that Ben and Louise tried to leave without saying goodbye. When Louise admits that she wasn’t happy with what she saw the night before, Ciara apologizes and claims that she has a motherly instinct because they had another daughter, Mary, who they lost. The Daltons become sympathetic and apologize for leaving.

Paddy takes Ben to go fox-hunting, while Louise and Ciara stay with the kids. Ant tries to write a message to Agnes, but it’s in Danish so she cannot understand it, and he eats it before Ciara can see it. After Ben fails to shoot the fox, Paddy takes him to a quiet and open area so they can let out primal, cathartic screams.

The families have lunch together. Louise gets upset when Ciara starts making comments to Agnes over the way she is eating, for which Ciara apologizes, but Paddy suggests that Louise ought to apologize too. Agnes and Ant then try to show off a dance that they have been working on to the song “Cotton-Eyed Joe”, but Paddy continues to berate Ant over his dancing, which frightens Agnes.

Paddy takes a nap, and Ant swipes his keys from him. He leads Agnes to the barn, where there is a hidden basement. In it, Ant reveals a book with pictures of other families that Paddy and Ciara have met. Each of them have the couple with an unhappy child, next to another couple with their own child, with each progressive picture being the child from each previous family. Ant motions to Agnes that Paddy and Ciara cut out his tongue and that they intend to make Agnes their next child after killing her parents like they did with his. Agnes takes pictures on her phone and goes to show them to Louise. Paddy wakes up, and Ant tries to sneak his keys back to him, but Paddy notices the basement latch exposed.

After Ben and Louise learn the truth, they try to find an excuse to get out of there calmly. They start to leave by telling Paddy and Ciara that Agnes has had her first period, but just as they leave, they see that they have a flat tire. Paddy changes it, but Agnes realizes Hoppy is missing again. Paddy points out the doll is in the gutters, so Ben uses a ladder to retrieve it. Hoppy has been shredded, but Agnes just wants to leave. They try to get Ant to open the gate so he can leave with them, but Paddy opens it with his keys. As they start to drive away, Agnes sees Paddy throwing Ant into the lake, so Ben runs to save the boy while Louise attempts to drive out with Agnes, but Paddy closes the gate. Ben saves Ant but Paddy and Ciara now have Louise and Agnes held hostage at gunpoint.

Paddy and Ciara force the Daltons to give them their money before Paddy attempts to knock Agnes out with ketamine. Louise uses a concealed box cutter to slash Paddy’s face before fighting the rifle away from Ciara. Ben manages to cut himself, Agnes, and Ant free before they make a run for it. Paddy and Ciara’s accomplice Mike (Kris Hichen) shows up and shoots at the family, forcing them to run back to the house and hide.

The villains go hunting the family while Ben and Louise try to keep the kids hidden and barricading themselves in the bedroom. Ben attempts to use one of Paddy’s liquor bottles to light the barn on fire to get someone to notice, but he misses and drops the bottle onto Paddy’s car. Mike fires his gun at them and tries to make his way inside. Ben tries to kill Mike with a hammer, but Mike nearly overpowers him and impales his head on broken glass, until Louise grabs the hammer and jams it into Mike’s head. When Paddy tries to attack, Louise sprays drain cleaner in his face, severely burning him until Ciara tends to him.

The family tries to escape from the roof down the ladder. Ciara catches up to them, but Louise whacks her over the head and causes Ciara to tumble off the roof to her death, knocking the ladder down in the process. Ben climbs down and injures his leg but manages to bring the ladder back up for Louise, Agnes, and Ant to climb down. Paddy finds them and holds Agnes at gunpoint, saying he will take her now that Ciara is dead and nobody else can care for him. He tries to kill her parents, but Agnes jams the ketamine needle into Paddy’s abdomen, bringing him down. Before they leave, Ant grabs a large brick. Paddy expresses pride in the boy before Ant smashes his skull while screaming in rage.

Ben and Louise gather Ant and Agnes into Mike’s car and start to leave the estate for good. Agnes gives Hoppy to Ant to help him feel better.

An American family, the Daltons - Ben, Louise, and daughter Agnes - meet a British family, the Felts - Paddy, Ciara, and son Ant - while on vacation in Italy. Paddy and Ciara endear themselves to Ben and Louise, and they invites the Daltons to join them at their country estate in London. Soon, Louise starts to grow uncomfortable with Paddy and Ciara's behavior, while Ant tries to warn Agnes of who they really are.

Ant is not Paddy and Ciara's son. He, and many children before him, were abducted by the couple, who cut his tongue out after killing his parents. They intend to do the same to Agnes after getting rid of Ben and Louise. After Agnes presents evidence of this to her parents, they try to calmly leave and bring Ant with them, but Paddy and Ciara make it difficult for them to leave. When the Daltons try to drive off, Paddy throws Ant into the lake, forcing the Daltons to save him and end up getting taken hostage along with Ant.

Louise manages to slash Paddy's face with a concealed box cutter and fights Ciara's rifle away from her. Before the family can escape with Ant, Paddy and Ciara's accomplice Mike shows up to try and help kill the Daltons. Louise kills Mike with a hammer before sending Louise falling off the roof to her death. Paddy tries to take Agnes for himself, but she jabs him with a ketamine needle that he was going to use on her. Ant crushes Paddy's skull with a brick before joining the Daltons and leaving the estate for good.