Review: Possessed Horror Debut ‘Talk To Me Creates A Terrifying New Reality
If it weren't for A24's intense media coverage, you wouldn't have guessed that co-director and co-writer Danny Filippo, along with his brother Michael Filippo, executive director, had never made a feature film before.
talk to me
4 out of 5 stars
Now let's run
"Talk to Me" takes an incredibly simple premise — if young people don't need to use a Ouija board to talk to the dead — and translates that powerful energy into a surprisingly simple, always hand-held design. . This is a ceramic mold covered with plaster or a real hand cut.
To play the game, party members must clasp hands and whisper "talk to me" to signify a spooky spirit. Then the person says "hello" and for the next 90 seconds you don't feel their gaze - it's one of the things the visitor experiences in life and death.
Speak With Me introduces a likable character: Mia (Sophie Wilde), a young woman raised by the sudden death of her mother and her estranged best friend, Jade's younger brother. From Mr. Riley and lives with her parents.
The practical implications of Talk to Me are huge, but especially when Mia makes a terrible mistake with Riley, it's a story that makes Mia want to learn more about the Hand's origins before more people die .
The most exciting thing about "Talk to Me" seems to be the confidence and amazement of the still young Filippo brothers, knowing that this is their first hit. Bats.
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