TALK TO ME REVIEW!!!

Studios: A24/Umbrella Entertainment/Screen Australia

Plot: When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Cast

Ari McCarthy - Cole

Hamish Phillips - Tyson

Kit Erhart-Bruce - Peck

Sarah Brokensha - Fiona

Jayden Davison - Jayden

Sunny Johnson - Duckett

Sophie Wilde - Mia

Marcus Johnson - Max

Joe Bird - Riley

Jett Gazley - Alex Varolli

Alexandra Jensen - Jade

Miranda Otto - Sue

Zoe Tarakas - Hayley

Writer(s): Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman

Director(s): Danny and Michael Philippou

Rated R for strong bloody/violent content, some sexual material and language throughout (95 minutes)

Talk to Me is a small, low-budget horror movie that pretty much came out of nowhere. Once I started seeing how good the reviews were getting - which is quite rare for the horror genre - my curiosity grew more, especially after seeing the trailers. Well, I finally had the chance to check out one of the most talked-about horror movies in some time and it's one of the most original and scariest movies in some time!!

The 2023 horror flick delivers a lot of thrilling moments and scares that you really won't see coming. The opening moments alone will really get your attention and after it ends, you will really be wondering what the hell just happened.

Once you see the group of friends begin messing around with the embalmed hand, all hell pretty much breaks loose. When the spirits are conjured up, those scares can be really eerie. And when the teens are possessed for a short amount of time, those moments can also be a tad on the weird side.

Overall, Talk to Me is definitely worth checking out once it's available to rent or own on PVOD. It's showing for a couple more days at the Dietrich!! The remaining show dates and times for Talk to Me are as follows: Wed. 8/23 at 1:15 and 7:15 and Thurs 8/24 at 7:15.

Here are some fun and interesting tidbits for Talk To Me!!

• Six hands were made for this movie should any of them happen to get damaged or broken. Director Danny Philippou kept one of the hands.

• The directors turned down the chance to direct an unknown DC movie in favor of having Talk to Me be their directorial debut.

• Talk to Me sold to numerous international distributors at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. It had its debut in a preview screening at the Adelaide Film Festival on October 30, 2022, the closing night of the festival.

• The movie had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in its midnight line up. After the premiere spurred a bidding war with Universal and others, A24 won and acquired the US rights.

• As of August 22, Talk to me has earned $37 million domestically and $47 million worldwide and counting on a $4 million budget. It was originally projected to gross $4-5 million in its opening weekend; Ended up debuting to $10.4 million, marking the best start for an A24 film since Midsommar.

• In August 2023, Danny and Michael Philippou revealed that they had already completed principal photography on a prequel film, with the story exploring Duckett's backstory which leads into the character's introduction in the original film. Production was completed consecutively, from the perspective of screen-life storytelling through mobile phones and social media. The filmmakers intend to release this project in the future.

• Later in the month, the directors and A24 announced that a sequel was also in development, titled Talk 2 Me.