Review (Scott MC Cutcheon 28/07/23)
Talk to Me is an Australian horror film directed by brothers Danny and
Michael Philippou. Marking the brothers directorial debut Talk to Me is a
fantastic horror which, instead of resorting to the usual scary jumps that directors
usually use to scare the audience, actually builds up the tension by the way of a simple yet
terrifying story.
Mia (an excellent Sophie Ward) is a 17 year old who is struggling to
come to terms with the recent death of her mother. Emotionally distant from her
father she has taking solace with her best friend Jade’s family.
Mia, Jade (Alexandra Jenson) and her young bother Riley (Joe Bird) one
night sneak out to a party where the main attraction an opportunity to conjure up
the dead by the use of a severe, embalmed hand that allegedly once belonged to
a powerful medium. To conjure the dead the person has to take hold of the hand
and say the words “Talk to Me”.
Seen as a great party piece, as long as you don’t hold onto the hand
for too long, things turn sinister when Riley convinces the party goers to give
him a turn. Unfortunately Riley holds on too long and ends up being possessed
by the demon who he has conjured up.
To tell anymore would only waste the movie as the less you know about
the plot the better.
Original and genuinely scary, Talk to Me has to be one of the best horror
films of recent years and comes highly recommended.
