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Film Review

By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire

In “Talk to Me,” something terrifying always happens when one of the teens in this group of friends grasps a papier mache-looking hand that’s attached to a severed forearm sitting on a table. Word is, if you grab the hand and utter the words, ‘Talk to me,’ the spirit of the dead will possess you and transport you to another realm.

So, you’d think they’d stop, right? Apparently not, since that’s the patented formula for every teen-horror movie.

the supernatural realm.

In one of the scenes, Mia (Sophie Wilde) tries the “talk to me” hand, after being egged on by her teenage friends. “Do it! Do it! Do it!” the circle of friends chants, some of whom have already tried it and bragged about the experience.

Mia seeks answers from the great beyond, trying to understand why her mother committed suicide. In the aftermath of her mother’s death, she’s become a surrogate sister to her best friend Jade (Alexandra Jensen) and Jade’s younger brother Riley (Joe Bird), and a second daughter to Jade’s mom (Miranda Otto).

Weird things happen after Mia