Talk to Me is a new horror movie directed, co-written and produced by Danny and Michael Philippou. Both brothers have worked on the 2014 horror film The Babadook and have done other smaller things in the film world. They are also better known for their YouTube channel RackaRacka.

Teenagers have discovered a new trend of contacting spirits through a mysterious, embalmed hand. This becomes an addictive thing among teens, who can have fun for under 90 seconds with the ghosts that take over one of them. Only if they do this longer will it have terrifying consequences.

With this film, the Philippou brothers clearly show how they managed to break through to become directors of a real cinema film by only working behind the scenes on other films and then making their own films for their YouTube page. For the future, they should now try to come up with some more original films, because despite the fact that this film has a good story, it remains a bit on the familiar side. Movies where people manage to communicate with ghosts in certain ways remains something that has been done before in other horror movies.

They do respond well to current events where teenagers often come up with new separate trends and do them with their group of friends, as happened recently with laughing gas, for example. Furthermore, the characters also behave like teenagers, for example by recording everything with smartphones, in order to have images to share on social media.

They also know how to portray the film well. The ghosts and their bloody actions come across as believable. The film only lacks some explanation about exactly how the embalmed hand works and how spirits can make contact with it or take over someone with it. They also bring drama sides to the fore, but unfortunately these are not developed strongly enough. If they had focused a bit more on these drama sides and a little less on the teen comedy, the movie could have been a bit better. The ending is also a bit rushed.

The acting is also well done by the film cast. Most of the teen group are actually played by teenage actors, most of whom are still at the beginning of their acting careers. Despite this, most know how to put down good, appropriate acting. Most also come across as believable as modern teenagers.