Next time, a fist bump will do.

Whomever denies we're living in the greatest period of Horror Movies has simply been in a coma for the past decade. This year alone, we've had some incredible horrors such as No One Will Save You, Totally Killer, Saw X and probably the #1 of 2023, Talk to Me. Just to name a few and I haven't even seen them all yet.

This is a GREAT throwback to the 80s horror without at all being an homage. THAT was refreshing as homages have become too overused lately. Especially just for the sake of being an homage. Plus, it's rare to see something THIS modern. And this RAW.

Talk to Me involves some delinquent to disturbed to disgusting teens/kids who stumbled upon this Ouija-Type device to connect to the other side. Oh, but they're "smart" about it and only allowing the connection to last for a small amount of time. Whelp, their dance with the devil is going to be killer and they may never come back.

I don't personally believe in the supernatural and yet, this felt completely real. Meaning, IF this were to happen, I truly believe these actions, reactions and disconnected/ deteriorating relationships probably would play out like this. And while I normally desire my horror movies to be right at 90 minutes, as this one was, I could've seen a little more here. There was so much emotion and threads to unravel and explore. Helps I DO love Australian horror films, so they can be as long as they need to be.

And as highly as I recommend this film and it may be my favorite horror of 2023, I will say, the third act is exactly how I expected it'd play out. A lot of the great horror of the past decade have endings that truly shocked me and as extremely grim and bleak as they are, they impressed me for going there. Sadly, there weren't too many surprises here.

Still, I did like the ending, and especially the very ending. Just, please. No sequel.

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Final Thoughts: It's a great time to not be a kid. I know, I just "Get Off My Yard" the next gen, but wow if these characters were as authentic as they appeared, I do fear for the future.