Talk To Me (2023)

Set in Australia, a group of teenage friends discover how to conjure spirits with an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill. But it soon spirals out of control when the dead denizens of the other world invade their real lives. Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou, a popular Australian YouTube duo in their feature film debut. A very intriguing premise that is soon bungled by silliness and incompetence. Let's start off with its cast of characters, who are all idiots in some way or other. How are we to possibly care about what happens to them? Stupid actions have consequences and they brought it on themselves. Are we to believe that in a hospital, teenagers can just walk into a hospital room and perform a supernatural ritual on a comatose patient and no one notices? Perhaps I could have put up with the ludicrous nonsense if the movie had a genuine sense of horror, some style but all we get is dumb teenagers doing dumb things. Mine is a minority opinion, the film received good reviews and did very well at the box office. The film's ending assures a sequel is on the way! With Sophie Wilde (an appealing actress who deserves better), Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji and Miranda Otto, playing mothers of grown teenagers now. How time flies.