Film Review – Talk to Me (2023)

Popular Australian YouTubers Danny and Michael Phillppou make their directorial debut with “Talk to Me,” a tale of supernatural happenings involving the curse of an embalmed hand. It’s not a take on “The Monkey’s Paw,” but a ghost story in a way, with the screenplay (by Danny Phillppou and Bill Hinzman) following the trend of trauma-inspired horror happenings, looking to do something sinister with deep pain felt by a few of the characters. “Talk to Me” has its atmospheric power, with the helmers managing to create a few striking sequences with their limited budget. Visual might generally outruns storytelling here, with the writing much too vague with critical details, and acting is largely too broad for comfort, losing the intimacy of it all. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com