Dumb kids making “being possessed” into a challenge is the realest thing I’ve seen in any movie this year.

I think the spirit that tricked Mia by masquerading as her mother was the drowned spirit she let in the first time she did the summoning. Now and again, you hear underwater sfx whenever Mia was alone, and the more we saw the "mother" spirit the more drenched and bloated she became, similar to the drowned spirit.

Aside from the very obvious drug parallels that you mention, the most clever use of it is how Mia see's her life falling apart but convinced herself that going back to the hand (even just one more time) is the way to solve the issues created by the hand.

Mia seeing Riley and her dad all healed and shows how fast time flies for dead people. To her it was a few minutes, but it was probably months or even years in the real world.

The spirit attached to Mia actually does get weaker throughout the film. The spirit that enters her is a drowned woman, and is attached to Mia because she spent longer than 90s in her. The ghost is able to read her memories and then appear as her mother to Riley in the future to trick Mia. It was never her mother in the first place. As the movie goes on you can see that her mother's ghost gets wetter and more bloated as the spirit is less able to take a different form

Riley was “cured” at the end. The spirit gets weaker the longer it stays in you while the host is still alive. That’s why Riley was always trying to off himself while he was in the hospital. The spirits really wanted Riley dead so they tried to get Mia to kill him as well.

The vision of Riley being tortured in limbo was so horrific. My jaw dropped at that scene in the cinema.

I think riley fully recovered because as was stated “the spirit gets weaker over time”. The spirit eventually got too weak to maintain possession. I also believe Mia would have been able to recover too but she kept using the hand re-strengthening their power.

Can't help but feel really bad for her father. Loses his wife and daughter in the span of two years... brutal shit.

Man the part where Mia is facing the little girl spirit, and the spirit says to Mia “I let you in” gave me one of them chills down my spine! Lol

The acting was so good! Mia's actress completely embodied the character, she was so vulnerable and likable even while acting out in this needy grief filled way. She was able to pull off her character going crazy so much better than 99% of other movies. And she did a great job embodying the various spirits. Also, the teens were believable. Writing believable mean teens is a shortcoming of a lot of films. The dialogue was believable and felt authentic, and their actions and motivations seemed true to their characters. Having such human and realistic characters and really grounded it and made it so much more compelling.

I enjoyed that the title was so double meaning. Mia need to talk to her mom, her dad was desperate to talk to his daughter; Jade needed to talk about how Mia's grief was smothering her and her family. Jade's mom harbored resentment towards Mia's "drug" usage. Riley's the kid who needed someone to hear him as he was growing up and under pressure to do things he may not want to do. The boyfriend wouldn't talk about how he's not attracted to his girlfriend. All these characters needed to do was to talk or be heard. Something so simple yet it was the hardest for all of them.

The spirit of “Mia’s mom” looks more and more like the drowned lady (the original spirit Mia let in) as the movie goes on. It’s such a cool detail!

I’m interested in a prequel to find out about the medium the hand was taken from… This has the potential to create some interesting lore…

The realization Mia has at the end when she realizes she’s on the other side. That hit hard. Something to definitely point out was the group she was summoned by had the other hand. They said it was out there somewhere and they were using the right hand until the end of the movie when Mia connected by extending her left hand. The sequel or prequel will be nothing short of genius.

I’m I the only one who gets the significance of the candle? When Mia was in the dark after she died she saw a hand and a light. So thats why blowing off the candle makes the spirit unable to find the hand.

One of the most important lines in the movie was missed: The first time Mia uses the hand, when they get it off of her, Haley says "We went a little over" (The 90 second mark) Strongly implying the spirit stuck with Mia was started there.

It’s absolutely a drug metaphor - Mia becomes an addict, desperate to talk with her mom/chase the high. The two who had the hand in a backpack are stand ins for drug dealers. The brother’s line on the bus about the spirits leaving if you don’t use the hand is a parallel for detoxing. They also established this idea when Riley was offered a cigarette by his buddy. There’s a lot more but typing is exhausting.

One of the most disturbing parts to me was how Mia had a great fear of being isolated and not wanting to be alone after her mothers passing. The grief had isolated her. But in the end , her greatest fear had come true - which was embodied with all the characters moving on and the lights slowly turning off and leaving Mia completely alone. I found that deeply saddening.

I think an important detail forgotten was that it’s TWO spirits, not just the drowned woman. When the spirit possesses Mia, she hints that ‘he likes you’ to Riley, and that ‘he’ was standing behind him. Mia sees the spirit possessing Riley near the end, which is an old man. So yes, Mia was possessed by the drowned woman who took the form of her mother (the ‘mother’ form kept getting wetter and more bloated as time went on) but the ghost trying to take Riley was the old man mentioned in the beginning.

I feel like the spirit never got weak with Mia because she kept using the hand over and over compared to Riley only using it once.

I just love how everyone just leaves Max to bleed out instead of taking him to a hospital

The movie was probably the best depiction of drug addiction I’ve seen. It blew my mind how cleverly executed it was. The “talk to me” = looking at what it can do to you/ aware of the consequences. “I let you in” = allowing the drug to corrupt you knowing what is possible. “The longer it stays in you the less powerful it is” = the high. Mia using the hand to try and solve the problems it caused = addicts numbing the pain of withdrawal/their lives falling apart. The fact that Mia was the most affected buy it due to her having the most tragic history which is the case for most addicts. Also her mother having strong references to being an addict having overdosed and spreading that affliction to her daughter. The peer pressuring of getting Riley to try the hand, the most innocent being there and him looking up to Mia making him more susceptible to peer pressure. Such a great movie.

When Mia was first possessed, the spirit said that "He" wanted Rylie and that "He" was right behind him. The spirit that had Mia was the drowned lady and the one that had Rylie was the old man in a hospital gown, presumably some kind of pedophile because he *really wanted* the young boy of the group. The Old Man was also one of the spirits Mia saw in the hospital at the end. The ending was Mia being manipulated and egged on by the Drowned Lady and the Old Man, to kill herself and Rylie so they could both be taken. It's unclear to me whether or not Mia was pushed by Jade into the traffic or if Mia did it herself so she wouldn't be able to harm Rylie, but in the end Mia did let go of the wheelchair, after the Drowned Lady said "we will have him forever" which likely reminded Mia what was really going on. I believe that the old man was always around Rylie after that first time and just waiting for an opportunity, which he got, so he kicked out the mother and took him. Pretty sure it was also the Old Mans hand that touched Rylie in the scene where him and Mia were on the cot at night, indicating that he isn't leaving his side until he can have him. Also I really believe that the first spirit that took Rylie was actually Mia's mom, because that is the only time anyone claiming to be the mother talked as if she actually DID kill herself. She told Mia that she was sorry, and she didn't want her to blame herself, and she didn't want her to hate her. Plus the way Rylie looked when he saw the spirit first, looking at Mia and being hesitant. Then after Mia talks to her 'mother' for a bit Rylie makes the possessed moves again, and only then starts hurting himself. Plus the mothers attitude shifted from 'I'm so sorry, don't hate me' to 'I would NEVER do that! I would NEVER leave you!" again making me think that that first interaction was the actual mother. It would make total sense that the mother would be a spirit trapped in limbo, having taken her own life, because I am fairly certain that that is what many religions believe will happen in some way.

I also thought the ritual was a metaphor for drug addiction especially the way everyone was scared to admit why Riley ended up in that way. Aswell, they acting like the spirits inside them is a high. Really enjoyed this film!!!

What also sucks is everyone’s memory of Mia is completely tarnished. She stabbed her dad in the neck, and she almost pushed Riley into traffic.

Even though both Riley and Mia both went over the time limit and had spirits attached to them, the difference was that Riley had people in his life (his mom and sister) who were actively taking care of and protecting him. Mia’s and her dad did care about each other but they were both let their grief isolate them. Because Mia and her dad were so isolated from each other, it was easier for the spirit to trick Mia. Her father didn’t seem as “active” in connecting with her and by the time he did the spirit pretty much had a hold on her and was able to convince her to do things even though the spirit looked less and less like her mother each time. That was just my observation.

One thing I noticed that I think may have been missed here is that Riley was on the verge of being healed regardless of Mia’s “intervention”. When Mia calls Riley’s sister to trick her the sister tells her that she actually thinks Riley is getting better because he woke up and spoke a bit. And when Mia went to the hospital and held the scissor over Riley for a split second we see what Riley really looks like other than that old messed up man he actually had his eyes opened and looked responsive and no longer possessed. The spirits gaslit and manipulated Mia so much to the point that she didn’t even realize she didn’t have to do anything in the first place since the longer a spirit is in the body the weaker it gets so it eventually leaves. As long as Riley remained restrained so that he couldn’t off himself the spirit would have always needed to leave after a period of time thats why it tried every chance it had to harm Riley as much as possible.

The Racka brothers absolutely knocked it out of the park. Probably THE best directorial debut for a long time.

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I love this. The more I think about it, the more I think Mia knew what she was doing at the end, and decided to end her suffering. I thought the Kangaroo reflected Riley’s suffering, but after it happened, perhaps it was her own suffering that she needed to end.

I just realised how Riley got possessed more aggressively than others. This could be like a symbol that since he's really young, drugs take a bigger toll on him leading to him being heavily hospitalised. This was a fantastic movie!

They said in the movie that the spirits get weaker the longer they are in you and if you stop using the hand they will just fade away. I guess that’s what happened to Riley.

The biggest plot twist was when the little girl said I let you in! The whole theater gasped 🤣

The thing I really loved about this was how it captured house party’s. The grounding of the fear of something going wrong, someone drinking too much, wrecking the house, etc dialled up to a million by the supernatural element I think gave it an inherit, relatable tension.

They said in the movie that if you just waited long enough theyd stop bothering you because they loose power ovetime, and when mia died riley was already starting to show signs of going back to normal. They both just had to wait out a timer, and one of them did 🥰

I dont think you mentioned it, so just in case: she was possessed for a little over 90 seconds on her first go with the drowned spirit, and her mother died from overdose but whenever we saw her spirit she was drenched and became more and more bloated, insinuating that it was the drowned spirit the whole time and not the mom. I personally think that either the mom was there in Riley at first but then was taken over by a different spirit, OR it was the drowned spirit in disguise and using the knowledge she got from possessing Mia and she and Riley were just sharing the same demon EDIT: the mom died of overdose, not self mutilation. Got it mixed up because of the bloody clawing at the door

Saw this before it came out and watched it again this afternoon. A few things I noticed…they didn’t blow out the candle and close the portal when Riley did it. Mia’s “mom” started to not only rot but she became more and more wet like it was actually the original lady mia let in that looked like she had maybe been drowned. Each time they show the mom she resembled the lady…

The scene where they were taking turns with the hand was def a great drug usage parallel. It was so weird how they got sorta like a high off of it and how it similar to drugs giving you that euphoric feeling.

I also love how when mia got hit it leaves it open as to how. Was she pushed by jade? Did she do it herself? Was it the ghost? Who knows.

I feel like the only reason it got out of hand for Riley and Mia was because they were the most vulnerable people who touched the hand. Riley wanted to prove to his friend James he was cool and felt like a loser and I’m assuming, not “grown up” in a since. And Mia was grieving terribly for her mom.

I just saw this last night & it was brutal! It's definitely made the short list of movies that scare/disturb me! We need more films like this!

That ending sequence in purgatory, and then showing how she’s now the spirit which gets communicated with shook me to my core. It perfectly demonstrates the endless cycle of drug abuse, from beginning to end and back again in a perfect loop.

Talk To Me is a modern-day tragedy. This film is all about Mia's downfall, so even though it's layered with addiction, unresolved trauma, and possessions going viral, Mia gets targeted, manipulated, and killed by her refusal to accept reality. The Philippou brothers are mad geniuses. We just saw a classic.

You can’t really trust what spirits say. They can look into your mind for answers to any questions you may ask in order to convince you they are who you think they are. So if Mia had kept her head as clear as possible, which is an impossible task but still, she would have realized sooner it wasn’t her mother she was talking to.

The main girls acting was s tier btw that helped good casting by them. She knocked this role out of the park

Im glad we're getting our own group of horror directors like they had in thr 80s. You got ari aster, mike flannagan, and now these two aussies. Love to see it.

I think the brother is perfectly ok. It was spelled out that the less u use it the weaker the connection. The sister even said near the end that he was getting better n had stopped trying to kill himself during the brief moments he was awake. So I do think he made it out. She never stopped using the hand though and it got worse and worse until she ultimately killed herself.

I really liked talk to me. I thought it had really interesting characters, ideas, and scares. Was it terrifying as hell? No. It’s creepy but not nightmare enduring.

During Riley's possession, the camera zoomed at Mia's hand partially holding the embalmed hand. What if Mia somehow during that time she became the connection (candle) between Riley and the spirit world, therefore she had to die to end Riley's possession?

What I found so funny was the fact that these teens found the single greatest scientific discovery ever and tell nobody.

Mia’s “spirit”/the drowned woman, hitched a ride into Riley when Mia grabbed his hand during his possession. That’s the spirit that said it wanted Riley as soon as it inhabited Mia. And it gave Riley identical injuries.

Literally just walked out of the theater. I needed this so bad. Perfect timing.

After Riley’s session the candle was still on. You can see it when Mia’s in that weird numb state walking into the hallway. They forgot to blow the candle out bc it got all crazy

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There is also a theme of yellow. When you watch it again, Mia has on something yellow the whole film. There are yellow items in different scenes throughout the movie. The candle is yellow, yellow flowers in multiple scenes, the scissors look yellow in the hospital scene, dad uses a yellow towel on his neck, she mostly has on a yellow shirt, or with yellow accents, and scrunchie on her wrist. The light at the end is yellow. You have to pay attention, but theres something there.

I found this to be more of a psychological thriller that turned into a tragic drama at the end.

There were so many connections to the grief process throughout this movie and I feel like it really highlights how you can be your own demise by not allowing yourself the relief of acceptance. The hand was obvs a reference to drug use since they were getting a high off of it, and the whole time mia was in denial about her mom and when the truth came to light she denied even more. The more she denied the closer she came to her eventual death, I haven’t seen the movie since it came out so when I can rewatch it ill edit this comment and add more things I noticed bc there was A LOT, however my memory is ass so I can’t remember lol

The purgatory scene and that terrifying claustrophobic tube scene from Nope are literally the two scariest depictions of hell I’ve ever seen

It's kind of driving me nuts that people are so focused on the rules of how possession works. The end scene in the hospital isn't about Mia's dad and Riley getting better or being dead, it's about the horror of Mia's worst nightmare coming true - the complete dissolution of her self, loss of connection to loved ones, and brutal isolation that came as a result of where her pain had taken her.

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this movie was phenomenal and a breath of fresh air for horror. Hope the sequel is just as good!

Ending ACTUALLY Explained: Earlier in the film they asked about the Dead Medium's other hand. Characters wondered what had become of it but nobody knew. At the end of the film we find out... The hand that the people speaking a foreign language (the hand dead Mia now holds) use is the Dead Mediums other hand. ✋️

Riley’s sister said he was getting better even before her plan. So I don’t think Mia took his place. He was gonna get better regardless. The spirit was just trying to use her.

Excited cause rackracka was my childhood, I’m really happy for them. Hope to see them do more in the film industry

Been waiting on this Ending Explained for the longest time!

I think these twins did a great job. Many big directors can’t make a horror movie like this. Can’t wait to see Talk Two Me.

Not saying this to gloat about my country, but I genuinely have not seen a bad Australian horror film. Scares are always carefully made and the jumpscares are tasteful. Stories are always great. Characters and the acting are always great. Few films have truly stuck with me afterwards, most of them being Aussie films and Talk to Me definitely being one of them.

I don't think she went the to party hoping to see her mother. I think it was just social, but I too definitely want to watch it again to see what I missed. Very good horror.

Personally speaking, I’d never try to contact my dad in death. Dude would not be nice, just on principle. He made it very clear that he wanted to be at peace when he went, and he KNOWS my dumb ass brings no peace

I really loved the "alcohol/drug abuse" subtext. Mia's psychological condition is fragile, she's depressed and feeling nostalgic about everything, so overuse of a substance is clearly affects her much more, and of course she can easily get addicted. Also some under 18 person should not drink at all :) Anyway, I was there once, drinking and watching old videos, crying etc, this movie impressed me.

I really liked the talks about depression, social media negatively affecting children, lack of friendship between people nowadays due to technology. This movie was a lot more than just a horror film. I really liked it.

Just watched the movie last Saturday. I don't usually watch horror movies in theaters cuz I always get disappointed with the movie, but this movie hits differently. All I can say is that it is worth it.

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. I thought I was going to see another cheesy horror movie, but to my surprise, it was good. And I love the twist ending. Unlike M Night Shyamalan, I did not see this coming.

You did this whole synopsis with one viewing? Good Grief! That is seriously impressive! Thank you for more great content

As an Australian, proud for our legends to get some international recognition! The best one scene the Babadook.

I could see a part 2 of this movie having Riley be the main character. Because the spirts wanted Riley specifically. Maybe she has the blood of a medium or something and by having that blood the Spirits are trying to use that blood in order to bring them all back from purgatory. But mia is still trying to make things better and shes caught in the purgatory and could either be 1. trying to help mia fight these spirit that are still after her 2. or using her to fully possess her body and use it as her own.

Also. I love how the hand looked like a actually live human hand on the spirit side while the living side is just a embalmed hand

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I need to rewatch the highway scene again because I'm not sure why Mia ended up in the road, but my theory is that she had a change of heart at the end and said "I let you in" to pull the spirit from Riley into her and willingly died to keep him safe. Even though she could've just waited for Riley to get better, she was past the point of reason and searching for quick solutions. But it's just a loose theory.

I watched this movie yesterday and now I have this video. I don’t know what a perfect timing . This film was off-the-wall one of the most disturbing films I’ve seen

Mia was honestly irking my soul, she got what she deserved.

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The "Luigi" board 😂

Just saw this earlier today, can’t wait for the continuation of the franchise

We never see them blow the candle out after the eye ball scene. You can see it still lit when Mia goes into shock and leave the room...

I'm pretty sure they never blew the candle out after Riley, which is how the spirit attached itself to Mia. Later when they try to figure out where the hand came from at the bus stop, Mia tells the group that she's been seeing things. When trying to figure out why, someone (can't remember which one) asks the group "did we blow out the candle?", then one answers "I think so". The candle was still lit when the ambulance & police went into the room.

This movie was an absolute masterpiece. It had my heart racing all through it all, It was very disturbing and creepy. Also, it was super tragic and sad. The entire cast did amazing and specifically Sophie Wilde.

Saw this last night. It was better than expected. Can we also agree that the acting was extraordinary!

Was anybody else annoyed at the sister (Jade) for not looking out for her brother? The sister really fucks up on her responsibility to protect him. We are even see it in the beginning when Mia has the pick up the brother when it was Jade’s responsibility. 1st: Jade should’ve never taken him to the party in the beginning. Especially when she knows the shit they do at the party. My younger sibling would never come with me. Idc what punishment I get from my parents come morning. 2nd: At the house party when Riley wants to use the hand and she objects. She leaves, leaving Riley in the room with ppl who clearly didn’t mind when he original asks. No way in hell she should’ve left. She stays and prevents him doing it. They dump all the blame on Mia yet it’s her responsibility to protect her younger brother.

So I re-watched this movie once it became available on streaming and there's an important detail which I think some people might have missed: Mia didn't "sacrifice" herself or willingly end her own life. She was pushed by Riley's sister into the traffic. When you re-watch that scene and slow it down you can clearly see it. And now she's stuck in demon limbo forever because the "drowned" spirit (who was imitating her mother throughout the entire film) was still connected to her when she died. Had Mia just stopped using the hand after the Riley incident everything would've been fine. The spirits would've left both her and Riley. But instead she kept on conversing with her "mother" and kept the spirit connected to her. Hence the moral of the story: Don't do drugs. And if you do... Stop as soon as you can before it becomes too late/irreversible damage is done

Love the videos, just wanna say thank you for all the hard work you put into these for us!

Some people think the dad survived, I’d like to point out that when he gets in the lift (elevator) the light shines that he is going up. I took that to mean he is going to heaven.

The entire cast was great, especially Sophie Wilde, but there is no way you can overlook Joe Bird's uncanny performance. The casting was as brilliant as the direction of this superb film.

In the beginning where Mia and Riley were singing the song”Chandelier “by Sia I believe was another symbolism to reiterate the addiction theory that everyone has mentioned so far

Really good debut. It’s a pretty cool transition for the racka racka brothers from youtube to movies.

My only critique of this movie was that the two cunts who introduced Mia and Jade to the hand never faced any punishment, even tho the guy introduced the brothers in the beginning of the film.

Just watched this movie last night, and it was really good! I’d recommend! The parts where Riley is slamming his head into the table when he’s possessed was crazy to see. Same with the scene with him at the hospital where he starts slamming his head into the wall and starts licking his own blood on the floor 😮

Thanks for breaking this film down. I needed some explanation about the ending. Also, love the JAMC Psycho Candy shirt.

This movie was so freaking amazing. It was a great take on spirits and summoning them.