Talk to Me is, in this wave of trite, standard horror stories repeated incessantly, a surprisingly refreshing story with the appropriate grisly touches. Talk To Me is different in that it does not fall into the normal trappings of a horror story involving a ghost haunting a house. The concept is intriguing, involving an embalmed hand, and lots of pretty gory and gruesome effects. These effects look quite real and practical, and are a real achievement. What is not as thrilling about Talk to Me however is that it is a pretty loose narrative strung together. It involves a main character wanting to communicate with her deceased mother, and this sub plot sometimes takes up too much screen time. The pacing of the film suffers from this- this film definitely feels longer than it's 90 minute runtime. This strength of this film is hence this- that it has an interesting premise, and impressive special effects- it is certainly more gruesome then scary, and there are no jump scares. It is the appalling, unexpected moments of graphic detail which stuns the audience rather than an atmosphere of tension and horror Culminating in a jump scare. But that does not deter its allure- for movie audiences who like to be surprised, talk to me is pretty good stuff indeed.