The new A24 horror movie delivers without relying on jumpscares or devastating you emotionally.

| Nov 27, 2024

This movie will inhabit your very being.

| Oct 18, 2024

The Philippou brothers conjure up a delightfully devious horror in Talk to Me, which excels when they lean into intense violence and the eeriness of the supernatural.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 3, 2024

There are ways and means to push a horror’s lead to its edge, but the writing choices make Mia cripplingly unable to do much to “fight” the antagonistic supernatural forces.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 9, 2024

RackaRacka has crafted a horror film for the ages that will be remembered in ten years as one of the most important in the realm of independent horror.

| Original Score: A | Mar 6, 2024

The first half is as compelling as it gets, effectively conjuring horrifying images from the underworld and, scarier yet, the troubled souls of the bereaved.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 7, 2024

The Philippouses wisely stay within their comfort zone, setting the film in their native Australia, though I'm half-convinced the entire reason they shot there was so they could have an excuse to use a kangaroo for one key scene.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 25, 2024

The central character of this film, Mia, is played convincingly by Sophie Wilde. Her performance is a major strength of this movie. I think most horror movies are overrated, and that's the case with this one, too. It isn't great, but it's good.

| Original Score: B | Jan 24, 2024

Couple that nihilistic slant wherein faith becomes a tool for evil with a desire to let the characters' actions dictate the plot rather than the other way around and you get an effective thriller that's unafraid to embrace the darkness of its premise.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 19, 2024

...the goal always seemed to be the desecration of the temple of Me...

| Jan 5, 2024

A terrifying allegory to bad decisions we all make when we are young.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 9, 2023

It’s refreshing to see a transmasc actor play a pivotal part of Talk to Me without having their gender identity exploited.

| Original Score: B | Dec 7, 2023

Where the reactionary slashers of the ’70s and ’80s exploited their young audience’s appetite for sex and effectively punished them for it, Talk to Me is a thoughtful attempt to figure out what really frightens teenagers today.

| Nov 16, 2023

Everything an audience might want from a horror movie is here: original ideas, quality acting, jump scares, rising dread, and a powerful sense of allegory.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 14, 2023

Talk to Me is uncompromising and emotionally brutal, it’s gross and smart, and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since I saw it.

| Nov 10, 2023

Disembodied hands have long been a mainstay in horror cinema, and it’s to the credit of the Philippou brothers that they’ve come up with a unique approach to the errant appendage.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 28, 2023

...it is easy to label [Talk To Me] as one of 2023's best horror films.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 18, 2023

The majority of the feature demonstrates the capacity of the Phillipou's to be at the service of their characters and for their fabrication of a tense environment that is more and more desperate. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 5, 2023

It works like gangbusters until it really doesn't. Still, there is something to be said for a near miss that leaves you somewhat intrigued for what the filmmakers will do next.

| Oct 2, 2023

It has a good rhythm and curated visual work - characters that appear slightly blurred, dark lighting, overwhelming close-ups - that contributes to creating a disturbing atmosphere throughout the film. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 29, 2023