Current Events > Just watched Talk to Me.

(+) Yeah! (+)

At first I thought the idea of a hand possessing people would be stupid but the movie's really well done. Compelling story with Mia and her family and friends, and came with a twist at the end. I was really rooting for Riley to survive and he did, just at the expense of Mia's life.

I've never been steered wrong with A24 films so far.

One thing I loved was just how fucking realistic and grounded that movie was. The cast didn't feel like a bunch of 30 year olds pretending to be zoomers reading dialog written by a 40 year old. It all felt like if this hand thing really existed, then yeah I can totally see a buncha dumbasses using it like a party drug and filming themselves.

I was rolling my eyes a little bit at the injured kangaroo at the opening cause it felt too on the nose, but where the story actually ended up was a lot more interesting than I gave it credit for. It was almost the exact opposite of what I thought the kangaroo would mean. Great job by the main actor pulling off being depressed, addicted and losing it. Really felt for her.

And finally I just really liked the ending. Not the final scene which was pretty perfect too, but the stakes were never some world ending event. There wasn't some big portal that was going to open up and let a bunch of ghosts free into the world. It was just One teenage girl suffering from delusions, killing her father and then trying to kill her comatosed friend.

Yeah, it never got too crazy, it felt like what might realistically happen if you're dealing with spirits possessing you way too much.

Also the implication that Mia's first solution to saving Riley ended up working before she was convinced by "Mom" to kill him.

you've inspired me to watch this

Yeah I watched a bunch of scary movies this spooky season, and this one was eeeeeeasily the best one. An actually really good movie.

Mia is a shitty friend fuck her

Did you stuff popcorn in your face when you did this?

R1masher posted...

Did you stuff popcorn in your face when you did this?

I wasn't hungry, so no, lol.

Damn, that ending was dark as fuck

It was much, much better than I expected. I also thought the premise seemed kinda silly, but I really enjoyed it.

I was pleasantly surprised it was much better than most horror movies that come out

Saw it when it came out. It was mid.

Yep yep!
Talk to Me and When Evil Lurks are two modern classics released this year.