Talk to Me

An embalmed hand, a ninety-second rule, and a room full of drunk teenagers filming each other for the clout.

The mechanic is why it works. There are rules, everybody knows the rules, they are stated plainly in the first ten minutes, and the horror comes from a group deciding collectively that the rules are more of a guideline. Nobody in this film is stupid. They are seventeen.

Mia has a dead mother and a specific reason to want the ninety seconds to run long, which turns a party gimmick into a film about grief without ever announcing it.

Sophie Wilde carries the whole thing. The possessions are acted rather than effected, which is why they are difficult to watch.

Made by two YouTubers for about 4.5 million Australian dollars and took over 90 million. The opening party sequence, one continuous handheld take through a house, is the best-shot five minutes in the film.