Talk to Me

A great ghost-horror movie in a new interpretation, with the fine idea of connecting with the “other side” and realistic teenage characters whose relationship drama is equally as strong and important as the mystery dimension. Unfamiliar faces, an increasingly gloomy mood and a bad-ass conclusion to the story. An Australian debut feature with the qualitative parameters of producer Jason Blum’s best pieces. (14/01/2024)

You wouldn't think that in the ghost subgenre you could come up with something original. A really interesting, original premise, physically uncomfortable in places, an intense flick without cheap clichés and stale scares (there are a few and they're good). And with likeable new faces, all of them acting great. To make this as a rookie debut, well, hats off to them. (12/10/2023)

Talk to the hand, or combine an idiotic viral TikTok challenge, a metaphor for drugs, a drama about mourning and a horror movie about possession and you have the genre flick of year, in which cleverly malicious directing, excellent actors and a heavy atmosphere in which the world of phantoms that may or may not mean well by people increasingly crosses over into reality. A more than respectable successor to films such as Get Out and It Follows. I’m trembling! (05/12/2023)

I remember Danny and Michael Philippou from their early days on YouTube; their wild content had its charm. So, I’m even more surprised that they stepped into the director's chair and made a full-fledged feature film that a more established filmmaker wouldn’t need to be ashamed of. I really liked the concept itself. The seances offered an incredibly intense experience (shame there weren’t more of them). The acting was okay, but no one really blew me away. The ending was intriguingly handled; I didn’t expect the parallel with drug use. Thumbs up for that. A well-crafted film all around. We’ll see what the sibling duo comes up with next. I give it a 7/10. (13/02/2024)

Talk to Me is an enjoyable little ghost story from the antipodes that doesn't try to get an audience response with cheap scares, but instead spends a good amount of time on the relationships between the main characters. The concept of ghost séances as risky fun for careless zoomers is an interesting premise that could sound utterly ridiculous in the wrong hands, but here it works very solidly, thanks mainly to the believable and not annoying characters of Australian teenagers. (26/01/2023)