A24’s new horror hit, Talk To Me, begins in a rowdy fit of chaos. The film, which debuted on July 28, tells a tale of teens playing party games with an embalmed hand—which allows them to see and speak to the undead. What could go wrong, right? Well, Danny and Michael Philippou—Australian YouTubers who make their directorial debuts in Talk to Me—throw us into the middle of a high school house party. We see the familiar pounding of electronic music and teenagers drunkenly stumbling over each other. The camera focuses on the back of our desperate protagonist, Cole (Ari McCarthy), who is searching for his brother, Duckett (Sunny Johnson). Finally, we settle in on a locked door, and Duckett is on the other side. Cole bangs on the door. That doesn’t work. He smashes his shoulder on it. Still no luck. Then, Cole kicks it down. What lies within the room? Are we ready to see it?Throughout Talk to Me, I kept coming back to this moment—which, it turns out, foreshadows the dark crux of the film: How do we reach out to our… Click below to read the full story from Esquire
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The Unrelenting Grief of Talk to Me
