For many fans of modern horror, the boutique -a24 boutique has become a synonym for the genre. But if we are honest, the majority of films that the releases of the respected indistibier of films are not particularly terrible. Of course, several scenes from Hereditary There will always be nightmares, but in the past few years the terrible A24 proposals have been more inclined to the social satire (Opus) and surrealism (Lamb) And further from direct horror. Nevertheless, one recent film of bucks, which is the trend.
Released in 2023, Talk to me This is just a terrifying indie, shot in a limited budget in Australia and distributed A24. It was a critical and commercial hit, broke a record for the most box office horror films A24. (Hereditary Previously, he thought this title, which may prove that genuine fears are cash gold.)
Talk to me It is also currently broadcast on Netflix, but it must leave the platform at the end of September. (Do not worry, it will be available on HBO Max in October.) That's why this film is worth checking, and what you need to know before you do it.
Talk to me Sophie Wilde stars in the role of Mia, a teenager living in a suburbs of Adelaids, Australia, and struggle to treat death to his mother a year earlier. Once at a party in high school, one classmate stretches a man of a person’s severed hand and shows that It can be used to communicate with the deadThe teenagers take turns experiencing this ritual in turn (with a language that makes it a clear metaphor for drug experiments), and Mia quickly becomes an obsessive opportunity to reunite with her mother. It violates the decisive rule – never use your hand for more than 90 seconds in a row – and unintentionally invites the deadly demon to your world.
Director Brothers -Schoolsmen Danny and Michael Philip (also known as Rackaracka for their VFX-oriented YouTube channel), Talk to me terrible at several levels. There is a concept of the hand itself and the forces that it contains, which the Philippi embodies through their skill, both special and practical consequences. Some of the most frightening early scenes of the film rely on the reduction of jumps showing rotting and deformed corpses, this ritual returns to life for a moment.
There is also the psychological horror of the loss of Mia, which throws a shadow for the whole film and helps to explain why it makes such a mortal mistake. Unlike many Other films Where the main character must do something stupid and meaningless in order to configure the plot, the actions of Mia in Talk to me It always makes sense. The fact that the audience can empathize with every terrible choice, even when everyone around is suffering, makes horror much stronger.
The horror film is ultimately as good as its ending, and Talk to me delivers. The film masterfully rises to a destructive climax in which you will force you to compress the muscles that you did not even know, followed by the brutal last turn, which can take even the largest fans of the genre by surprise.
Danny and Michael Philip returned in May 2025 from Return itwhich Freely connects to Talk to meand even includes a secret (and largely invisible) Sophie Wilde KameThis film is even more alarming than their first film, but it lacks the comedy and the sensations that they made Talk to me Such a success. These moments of laughter and frivolity make the jump even more effective, and perhaps why Talk to me So damn creepy. This is a reminder that, although social comments and tripp visual effects are magnificent, sometimes nothing can be compared with the purity of the horror film.
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