Calling all horror junkies. Danny and Michael Philippou drop “Talk To Me” across Canada today (July 28) and in the US. After generating attention at Sundance earlier this year, the film is being hailed as the Philippou’s breakout debut film. The brothers are no strangers to the horror film genre as they’re well known for their populate YouTube channel RakkaRakka.
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Talk To Me
The film is premised by a group of friends who discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces. The film stars Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, Zoe Terakes, Chris Alosio.
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“With the movies that we make, whether it’s horror or any other genre, we really want our stories to have a strong emotional core. The stuff we want to create, we want it to work on multiple levels,” says Michael Phillippou. His brother Danny emphasizes that the movie a bi-product of the genre. “We don’t want to be scared of something that’s a horror movie. We want to embrace that it’s a horror film, and be proud of making a horror film. That’s the new wave of horror, where it’s exploring so many different things.”
Feature image by Michael Lipapis
