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Talk to Me
Australia 2022
produced by Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings, Ari Harrison (executive), Jeff Harrison (executive), Phil Hunt (executive), Daniel Negret (executive), Compton Ross (executive) for Causeway Films, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology, Screen Australia, The South Australian Film Corporation
directed by Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
starring Sophie Wilde, Joe Bird, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji, Miranda Otto, Marcus Johnson, Alexandria Steffensen, Zoe Terakes, Chris Alosio, Ari McCarthy, Sunny Johnson, James Oliver, Cass Cumerford, Jett Gazley, Kit Erhart-Bruce, Hamish Phillips, Kidaan Zelleke, Sarah Brokensha, Jayden Davison, Jodie Dry, Oscar Wangel, Jem O'Callaghan, Michael Harpas, Frances Cassar, Harli Ames, Kerry Reid, Robin Northover, David Simmons, Ava Stenta, Nicole Tiele, Sarah Baber, Thomas Gardner
concept by Daley Pearson, screenplay by Bill Hinzman, Danny Philippou, music by Cornel Wilczek
review by Mike Haberfelner
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There's a new party game Hayley (Zoe Terakes) and Joss (Chris Alosio)
have introduced among their friend, which basically has whoever-it-is
touch a mystic ceramic hand and this way get in touch with the soul of
someone dead - something that fascinates young Mia (Sophie Wilde) to no
end when her best friend Jade's (Alexandra Jensen) little brother Riley
(Joe Bird) this way gets in touch with Mia's dead mother, whose suicide
Mia has never managed to come to terms with. Thing is, upon Mia's
insistance, Riley stays in touch with the dead longer than recommended and
gets drawn into a brutal netherworld where he's tortured, so much so that
he tries to violently take his life in the real world, harms himself
almost beyond repair and can only survive heavily sedated - much to the
distress of Mia of course, who finds out that there are some evil forces
at work that have been summoned along with her mother (or even instead of
her mother), forces that can only be gotten rid of by using extreme
measures ... Now this is a film that might not actually
re-invent the horror genre, but it takes an old horror staple - talking to
the dead - and puts a pretty fresh spin on it, in the process managing to
surprise even genre-savvy audiences. And a relatable cast and a direction
that doesn't exactly shy away from the ugly bits and places all the jump
scares at all the right places make this into a pretty cool genre ride.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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