TALK TO ME (2023) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Creepy Hidden Details & Film Analysis

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[@spikejoyce]

AMAZING like button drop!!! :D

[@VitaPlenaReactionVideos]

This makes me think of the Angels episodes of Doctor Who, who act more like demons and live off the potential temporal energy of those they feed on. That may be why they prefer to have the young because a younger person dying would lose a lot more potential life.

[@Ramdileo_sys]

My friend you have this one in the PlayList "Classic Movie Breakdowns"...... this is not a classic of anything...

[@FinnOekoschule]

Mia didnt kill hersef her friend jade pushed her into the highway.

[@armangutierrez3697]

for me i loved how ambigous the fate of mia's dad is. it can be interpreted as him leaving the hospital because jade mananged to save him and he healed his neck wound, or he is taking the elevator up to the afterlife. and mia cant follow him because she is stuck in limbo.

[@Zazsuran]

Oooooh I didn’t even think about the dad! I just figured he was healed

[@matthewbanda4434]

Wow

[@josemacias8010]

Like ur take in that ending, but I read on another video that Jade specifically mentioned that she called the ambulance to come aid Mia’s dad before flat out saying “she’s dangerous”

[@cathymendoza9328]

yeaa but i think he's healed but what a great interpretaiton

[@disappointedghanaian]

With regards to Mia's dad in the last scene...i feel he healed and that it took time..as in months...it's just things are moving real fast in Mia's time since she's dead...same applies to Riley as we get different shots of him being completely healed in the first shot and later discharged in the second.

[@aproticferret]

The ghost was also losing the ability to mimic her mother. The ghost was slowly going back to looking like the drowned ghost that she saw. You can see the subtle changes in the ghost's appearance throughout the movie.

[@queziajones388]

that makes sense

[@shorthairkorra]

i noticed that, i was like why is she white now😭😭

[@zubairshah1612]

Yes I did notice that too. Theres two other things I noticed, one that the first time Mia was possessed the ghost inside her mentions how "he" really likes Riley and then when Riley and Mia are sleeping a hand comes to pat Riley on his cheeks. This I think is a separate entity that is working with Mias ghost.

[@MikeNapoli1989]

@@zubairshah1612I was that entity. We didn’t succeed

[@DrMantisTobagganMD]

Good one

[@MrDrezzy007]

The actress playing Mia is one to watch for. She carries the whole movie and delivers an absolutely incredible performance.

[@newbsmedia]

I agree it was a great performance

[@Crazypixiness]

Her screams seem to be on par with Samara Weaving!

[@tylermerker8447]

no she was cringe

[@MrDrezzy007]

@tylermerker8447 the whole movie depends on her performance. It would have flopped.

[@ZionDoesMakeup]

​@@MrDrezzy007Let's not lie cause everyone else did good heck the movie could've been focused on Riley and it would've done well

[@tiarnanwoods8441]

Can we talk about how they depicted limbo? One of the most horrifying hellish pieces of imagery I’ve ever seen in a movie. Exactly how you’d picture hell, brilliantly done

[@The95alvarojose]

It’s a pretty harrowing scene, if you watch closely you can see one of the demons/ghosts eating a baby. The directos said the original scene was like 2 mins long of absolutely horrific gory imagery depicting hell but they decided to cut it down.

[@williammiller496]

Idk if that was limbo though. I think it was just them tricking Mia, making her think he was being tortured in limbo so she would kill him.

[@MickeyJ7701]

​@@williammiller496I felt the same way. I feel like you couldn't take anything Mia saw during her hauntings at face value. Limbo could've been just a fabrication

[@Respect2theFallen]

But limbo and he'll aren't the same. But ya that imagery was terrifying

[@fabolousjada5070]

Thats actually a black mass seen it in a lot of horror movies it’s a very dark practice in real life where they stab and eat the sacrifice

[@GodLikeDevil]

I came away with the impression that the rules given by Tuckett's brother and the other friends were genuine, and that the visions Mia was seeing of Riley suffering in Limbo are just the ghosts or malevolent entities manipulating her because as stated in the rules, "if you die with them in you, they'll have you forever". Riley's body was already rejecting the possession as his sister told Mia Riley was getting better... which is why the ghosts were pushing Mia to kill him already because they were going to lose their hold on him.

[@len2122]

That's actually a really good explanation. The spirits have constantly been tricking her because she went over 90 seconds while the others were just under it. Makes sense why they were not also seeing things.

[@lodxt]

my interpretation also!

[@MrsGerardWayForever]

she also used the hand on him again while he was in the hospital which could have made it stronger, they don’t know if it worked tho!

[@casucasueq4479]

​@@MrsGerardWayForeverThe correct word in your comment it *she*. Mia kept using the hand so the ghosts hold never had a chance to get weakened. Riley didnt say the words "Talk to Me" in the hospital so the attempts failed. Also the advice Mia was following was from the malevolent spirit in the guise of her mother. Plan B was to manipulate Mia into killing Riley before he completely broke free, but she chose to jump into traffic and saved Riley.

[@joshuagallant13]

When mia walks out of the room after riley is possessed… you can see the candle is still lit on the table 🕯️

[@IndigobluBeauty]

Her “mom” was actually the drowned lady…she starts to look more and more like her each time she contacts mia. Another YTer pointed out that the boyfriend’s initial possessor ‘outed’ the boyfriend. Also that the spirit that inhabited riley was maybe the first one that the drowned lady in mia said “he likes you”

[@greyb5511]

Yep exactly, that wasn't her mother at all that she saw in her mind. It was the drowned lady that possessed Mia the first time she tried. She went over 90 seconds as well, and that's probably what triggered that spirit/demon to stay inside her mind during the entire film. Everything that Mia was experiencing and the deception she saw in the film was all caused by that evil spirit that invaded her mind after the first hand possession.

[@nhc7772]

This is exactly what I said! It was never her mom from the start. Mia kinda disappointed me from never noticing this lol

[@drunkgforce1]

@@nhc7772 Mia did when she didn't push Riley and the wheelchair onto the street and killed herself instead {?}

[@nhc7772]

@@drunkgforce1 I meant earlier then that. Her “mom” literally told her her dad was a lier and was going to hurt her and then a fake dad comes in and attacks her and she can hear her real dad trying to break down the door to help her. So she should know right then and there that her real dad wasn’t the bad one and that the “mom” she was seeing was the one lying.

[@drunkgforce1]

@@nhc7772 Yes, good point.

[@nhc7772]

Her “mom” was never her mom. It was always that spirit that drowned cause you could slowly see her mother turning back into it throughout the movie. Each scene she’d have more water on her. Mia is even told at one point that the spirits can read their deepest thoughts so that’s why it knew how to act like her mother

[@meghanmisaliar]

How do you know she drowned? I feel like I missed something.

[@meghanohalloran729]

@@meghanmisaliarbecause the first spirit was bloated, wet, and looked how bodies look when they decompose in water

[@kylebrandt8344]

Lots of audio clues of water glugging and sloshing as well.

[@idkaname7221]

​@@meghanmisaliarik im a little late but the reason they know is bcuz her body is bloated like how a drowned corpse is

[@LavaLot-zi5us]

So whom did the boy see

[@streetsiswatching9660]

One of the best horrors to be released recently

[@RileyNewcomb]

I love the hard open, right in and anxiety is high

[@ConnerTurmon]

I'd argue even one of the best of all time. It isn't revolutionary in terms of its concepts, i.e., it not reinventing the wheel, but its a damn good wheel.

[@E84-l4g]

@@ConnerTurmon one of the best of all time lol man you must have a low bar in movies. It was a decent movie but nothing to even put in even in the top 50 of horror movies.

[@ivanmartinez632]

@@E84-l4git was amazing a24 has put out straight bangers of movies I’m really hard on newer movies they’re all pretty mid we were spoiled with 90’s and and early 2000 movies in all genre

[@LonelyGuyLovesMovies]

Loved the breakdown, Paul. I love hearing everyone's different interpretations. My take on Mia's death was that she actually sacrificed herself in order to save Riley and others from herself and how dangerous she had become as she was continually being manipulated by evil spirits. I think Mia throws herself into traffic rather than being pushed by her friend Jade or the evil spirit pretending to be her mother. Mia clearly has a realization when the spirit impersonating her mother tells her that “WE will take care of him (Riley) forever.” She knows that it’s not actually her mom and that she has been manipulated this whole time. Manipulated into stabbing her father, manipulated into nearly killing Riley. She sacrifices herself to protect those she loves. She knows she just stabbed her dad and that she is a danger to those around her. The subtle acting from Sophie Wilde shows that she has a realization of some sort, and she clearly takes her hands off the wheelchair right before it cuts to the crash. Leading me to believe that she jumped out into traffic rather than her being pushed by Jade or the spirit. That was just my take. I agree with your assessment of Duckett and his bro, and the end being a mirror of that, but I just like to think that Mia actually had more agency and choice in her own death rather than being manipulated until the end. There are loads of nuances and ways to interpret the ending, but I think you did an excellent job. Cheers.

[@hyndrrx]

Actually agree with you this was my take too it too most of it u have more detail but i was based of this

[@nutta4236]

Wouldn't she realise she's dead at the end then? The way it plays out definitely suggests she's unaware of what's happened until she touches the hand and enters the world of the living again

[@LonelyGuyLovesMovies]

@@nutta4236 I think that's the thing, regardless of whether you think she was pushed or she killed herself, she doesn't actually realize she's dead until she grabs the person's hand at the party. She seems to be in a sort of limbo, unaware of the fact that she has gone over to the other side. I get what you are saying, that she would be consciously aware of her choice, and thus know that she's dead. But none of us knows what happens to a person when they die. Do they have all their memories? Do they remember how they died? It's a lot of inference, but yeah, I'm totally fine too with the take that the spirit pushed her. I don't think I'm right and others are wrong. I appreciate the convo though. Cheers Nutta.

[@7thangelz]

there's a 3rd choice. the drowned b.i. forced her to kill herself because she wouldn't kill riley

[@naomib2217]

Oh- I went back to see at the moment the truck swerved and the car behind “ hit something” you can see that she gets pushed into the street by the sister. I was also questioning if she threw herself at first!

[@davids6686]

Good on A24 for being the first in meeting demands for the strike, really like them on film and behind the scenes as a company

[@thomasledwidge8538]

Does that mean A24 projects can go back to filming now?

[@e.enriquez4589]

@@thomasledwidge8538they’re an independent studio they never stopped and they’re also focused on distribution they buy films and slap the A24 sticker

[@SuperSpasticNinja]

@@thomasledwidge8538 I believe they can, something with waivers or something but it boils down to yes, they can keep filming

[@epiphannytaylor3211]

…meaning?

[@jessedaole]

Detail I'd like to point out - Riley who fell asleep next to Mia watching ' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' - On that show you get up to 3 "lifelines" which include a phone call. We do see in the movie that she ignored 2 calls from her Dad. To me it symbolizes the 2 deaths - 1 being her mom then later 1 being her. Just a thought, but overall a great horror movie. The concept was refreshing to see!

[@Yan-tz9pn]

It’s actually because the producers of this film are KZbinrs who are friends with the KZbinrs Riley was watching. That wasn’t actually who wants to be a millionaire, it was a youtube video

[@kleven7531]

That ending was good... but does anybody else think that MIA was an unlikable character? That last half of the movie made me not care for her for all the things she did, and it felt weird because she's the main character...

[@markbisson6166]

I hated her the entire time, for so many reasons. She tries to get with her friend’s boyfriend, allows her friend’s brother to get possessed, etc.

[@Bjergkanin45]

Why u gotta tear a Black wahmen down?? 😢

[@cybergoddess9428]

@@Bjergkanin45 Fam I’m black and she pissed me off too. She was genuinely not a great person lmao

[@nitsuj6555]

I think it adds to her character. I wouldnt believe the things she does in the movie as much if she didnt have this crazy, hard to like character. I mean after the movie ended i just kept thinking this stupid bitch caused EVERYTHING bad. But the more i think about her trauma with her mother, the more i realise why she acts the way she does.

[@TheHidalgo99]

@@Bjergkanin45 she is a fictional character written by people with the use of imagination. Not an actual black person. People you see in movies are complete fiction and not real. Now you know.

[@disappointedghanaian]

With regards to Mia's dad in the last scene...i feel he healed and that it took time..as in months...it's just things are moving real fast in Mia's time since she's dead...same applies to Riley as we get different shots of him being completely healed in the first shot and later discharged in the second.

[@LuLu24Ayo]

Mia’s dad had family who cared, they had all just visited him and her. None of them were with him, and none of the staff of the hospital acknowledged him.

[@Nomaaaaam]

@@LuLu24Ayo notice too it clearly shows Riley and his family leaving on the same level. Why else show him going up into the light? He definitely died.

[@Prince_m6270]

Her death was also foreshadowed before too when it said "he stabbed his brother and then killed himself" she did the same when she stabbed her dad and the "killed herself"

[@ElChris816]

I reluctantly started watching this movie, and after the first ten minutes I was completely scuked into it. It's a really well done horror film and has quickly become one of my favorites.

[@AlFirous]

Me too, I thought it's typical teen horror movie based on the trailer. Which mean the trailer itself is great not showing the real story.

[@martinolivera8845]

I really think the hand at the end is a different hand. If you remember they say "the other hand is just out there"

[@jingleballs9935]

I don’t think so. It would be the right hand

[@DrMantisTobagganMD]

Correct ​@@jingleballs9935

[@ikapatino3214]

Same hand I think

[@serria7155]

​@ikapatino3214 yeah it could be different time has time has passed maybe it was a year or 2 but I would love to see how Mia would possess the man and if she would stay in and try to contact her friend

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

I fully expected the twist ending to be that it was her mother's hand. The fact that (1) everything seemed to be setting that up, and (2).that they never answered who's hand it actually was, makes me feel like they were deliberately with-holding the hand's origin (whether they end up having it belong to Mia's mum, or if that's just a mia-direct), to save it for a sequel... ...which is such a scummy tactic, it makes me hope they DON'T make sequel (but they will, coz 2024)

[@Kristine_202]

The film is an allegory for addiction. Of course there are other elements to it as well, but most people who watch it think, "Why would anyone do that?" Why would you touch the hand in the first place? It seems extremely scary and dangerous.That's exactly what I thought, it makes no sense, but... I'm a recovering addict! 🤦‍♀There are SO many times in my life that I can look back on now and think, "Why did I do that?! I could have died! I could have become majorly addicted!" (I'm someone who has experimented with almost everything, but ironically, got addicted to wine...The "tame," legal stuff. That's what sent me to rehab and almost ruined my life.) A lot of times you watch horror movies and think that the characters are making stupid decisions (which they usually are), but if you watch this film and think, "That would never happen," you're just wrong. Almost every heroin addict had a moment where they decided, "I'm going to try heroin." Why? That's asinine. Why would anyone do that to themselves? But we do. The opioid epidemic is getting worse every day. So many of us have "touched the hand" and "invited the spirit in" even though it makes no logical sense. And a lot of people end up in a state of hell on earth because of it. What a fantastic film! I love "smart" horror. The scary parts were really scary and the story made sense. (Although I did walk away with some questions, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.) Too many horror films these days have a great premise but blow it by the end, but this one was strong from start to finish.

[@greyb5511]

Yep, eventhough its a horror/suspense film, the story in this one actually goes pretty deep and very relatable in real life situations/addicts. Glad to see u recovering and hope ur health and life continues to go upward from here on out! 👍

[@HuluKiwi]

At first I had the same idea…like who in their right mind would ever go this but in reality…these are all teenagers. Which we can all take in we’ve done stupid stuff especially with peer pressure and when put in with the addition feeling and the trauma of mom leaving… I can see how Mia got hooked on quick

[@himothy9871]

id try it just to see if it works lol

[@Kristine_202]

@@himothy9871 A lot of people would! I'm a skeptic, I don't believe in the supernatural or the afterlife or a god, etc., but I think it would be awesome if heaven existed. I think that when you die, you just die, but if there were an afterlife, that would be pretty cool. It would certainly make losing a loved one much easier, knowing that you'd see them again someday. So, yeah, the skeptic in me would 100% say, "Bring it on!" LOL If this were real, I would either think that everyone was faking it, or there was a logical explantation. Like, maybe the hand is coated in some kind of hallucinogenic and people touching it are just really tripping. I would definitely want to see for myself what everyone else was claiming to see.

[@meghanmisaliar]

​​@@Kristine_202all of the former addicts are looking at it like an allegory about addiction. I didn't think it was about addiction at all.

[@elheber]

I don't think the vision of Riley in Limbo was real. Mia succumbs to the same fate and we see what Limbo is actually like. Rather, I think the spirits just showed her yet another lie for their ends.

[@TwoMoreThan4042]

Hey Paul, I always enjoy your breakdowns and I've been an avid viewer for quite a while. Normally, I'm content to sit back, enjoy, hit the like the button and all that jazz, however with this movie I feel you missed something incredibly big. Perhaps it's because of my own struggles, but this movie seems like a metaphor for addiction. It perfectly recreates what it's like to try new drugs at parties in your teenage years. Your eyes even dilate when "taking a hit". She comments on how good it feels and keeps going back for "one more hit". Addiction is also genetic so it's very possible that the same diseases is how her mother passed away. Also, as much as I enjoyed the two characters who were the "keepers" of the hand they really screamed "drug dealer" to me. I think the grief angle hits pretty deep to as addiction itself comes with it's own form of grief, especcially when you've lost people to same drug you're using, but overall I think it's more addiction as a whole rather than just grief. Anyway, I hope you have a great one, man! Keep up the great work!

[@heavyspoilers]

Love that analysis, yeah totally went over my head, great catch on it

[@Wolf83]

Exactly what I thought after seeing the first scene with the hand! I used to be a drug addict (for 17 years) and the whole movie seems like one big warning for doing drugs. Even the "suicide" letter from Mias mom had drug abuse references - and she may not have killed herself - it could be an accidental overdose. Nevertheless this movie is right up there with It Follows and Hereditary. Scary and thoughtful.

[@TwoMoreThan4042]

​@@Wolf83Congratulations on 17 years sober! I'm at 2 and half myself.

[@Conker306]

What about the needles under the moms finger nails? some sort of torture?

[@AT-AT-AT-AT]

agree!

[@miccifalabella4955]

I think the spirits effects would’ve weaken had Mia stopped using the hand but she uses it fairly regularly thru out the film after her first time I also think since she went over her first time the spirits had a stronger hold on her and we’re able to stay longer especially when she keeps using the hand

[@Curtin-mf3xy]

Yes. The guy at the start and Mia kept using the hand, so the grip of the demons got stronger. Riley stayed over 99 seconds and had bad consequences, but his experience ith the hand was one and done. I think he was freed over time and back to normal.

[@JCoelho]

The spirits remain in limbo in this film because they died by suicide. The same as Mia at the end. The same idea as in the film Constatine.

[@bloc-dash1230]

Mia didn't commit suicide, if you watch that part in slow motion it shows Jade pushes her

[@kelsssy]

just finished the movie & came here. missed so much! i do think that the ghost she allowed to possess her the first time manipulated her the entire time. the ghost of her mother gets more “wet” & bloated - which is a reference to staying in water for a long time.

[@joemoore4813]

When the little girl said "I'll let you in" mia experienced what it was like to be a child trapped in eternity with grieving mothers.. all of the naked women were trying to 'claim' riley, as he was the closest thing to what they lost

[@d3maccus]

why do you think they were all grieving mothers? I disagree with this part.... I think they are want to consume to his life essence, abuse him, corrupt his innocence, and torment his soul. In the scene from the void, where they are all on him and around him, they are naked and all over him as he is struggling and basically being molested. It doesn't really remind me of mothers wanting to be around their children...Its more like they get a cat-nip-like high from their life-force, similarly to how the teens get a kind of high from being possessed, but way more intense. In that same scene form the void (which was originally two minutes of gruesome footage they decided to trim) there is a big, rotted spirit who seems to be on top of Riley, and that is likely the most evil spirit or some kind of daemon that running things down there.. and the first ghost refers to him:. "he likes you, he'll split ya boy, he'll split ya....there he is....he's right behind you". This spirit is the one controlling everything. In fact, it is clear he has the drowned-woman-spirit doing his bidding, and the whole Mia's mother speaking through Riley part was actually her pretending, and it was initially done just to get passed 90 seconds so the evil one could possess Riley. You can even notice how the spirit doesn't reveal any hint it is her mother until like 50 seconds (their original agreed cutoff time for Riley). I think this one spirit or daemon is much more powerful, and he can use and manipulate the other spirits and their established connection to living humans. That also why after the first seance, when Riley is sleeping next to Mia, she gets up and caresses his head in a sweet way, and then we see a rotted hand caressing him a super creepy way. She is connected to Mia and this [and possibly other] powerful entities can sort of use this doorway, but I think the doorway isn't fully open since Mia barely went over 90sec.

[@7thangelz]

or, none of that was real and it was an image to further influence her to kill riley

[@demmykick]

@@7thangelz i was wondering whether it was real, and if after she found out from the hand, the evil spirit manipulated what she saw and made up a reason to further benefit their cause (getting and keeping Riley)… because her fake mother never brought it up until after she saw it. And we do know they are obsessed and very much want Riley, so it would track. But also yea I could see if it was all a trick also.

[@viennaz3522]

​@@d3maccusI agree with you. I think it's like in insidious. Riley must have seen one of the most powerful demon so when Riley saw it he was surprised but since Mia exceeded the 90 secs limit she thought what Riley saw was her mom, so the devil used Riley to confuse Mia so that Mia can help the devil kill Riley while it is still in Riley's body. The devil needed Mia's help to get Riley. You remembered that the longer the spirit stays in his body, it weakens and eventually will get out, maybe because he is still young so the devil couldnt capture him so he needed Mia to offer Riley to the devil

[@demmykick]

@@viennaz3522 totally in with you. Also reminds me of conjuring 2 where the demon controls the ghost of the old man.(mixed with insidious). Regarding the last part, the evil forces did have a pretty good grasp in Riley (but the person needs to die to capture fully). Anytime the sedatives would wear off he would try to kill himself, so they had a much stronger grasp on him than MIA. However I think MIA repeatedly using the hand (and having it in her possession) escalated the over-90sec-bridge between her snd that was already created.

[@isuckatgames6781]

If you slow it down when mia is about to push Riley in the street you can see that mia is getting pushed by her friend not sacrificing herself

[@zykeithelliard1452]

I loved the scene where her eyes get huge and she starts singing in french, and it was super cute how they were dooing selfies with her and she just looks like a confused child

[@meghanmisaliar]

That was seriously creepy.

[@sarahjaneross2918]

That was such a great scene

[@epiphannytaylor3211]

Cute? Get real

[@zykeithelliard1452]

@@epiphannytaylor3211 get bent

[@Nomaaaaam]

Demonic and creepy AF. Which I think was the point.

[@DavidBranigan-n8k]

Jade actually pushes Mia into the street. I watched it on .5 speed and you can see Jade run down the hill and push Mia to save Riley

[@TamarackJack]

I watched it too and couldn’t find any solid image of Jade throwing Mia, because the image is focused on the driver and passenger in the vehicle and the focus is blurry in the peripheral perspective. I think Mia jumped because of the height the body was at the time she hit the car. I don’t think that Jade could push or throw Mia that high.

[@LuLu24Ayo]

Yeah you’re able to slow it down frame by frame and in a three frame set you can see Jade grab Mia to the side of Riley right after Mia had let go of the wheelchair, and then you see Jade’s arms outstretched as Mia’s head hits the glass for one frame.

[@meghanmisaliar]

Oh wow. I didn't realize that.

[@tyneriddick7566]

@@LuLu24Ayo people also reach out their hands when they are trying to grab someone to prevent them from doing something? who is to say she wasn't trying to stop Mia from hurling herself into the street?

[@blackdandelion5549]

Well, she had found Mia's dad bleeding out from being stabbing and then Jade had called her mother and told her that Mia was dangerous and Mia had stolen Riley and was pushing him in a wheelchair towards the highway so even with Mia taking her hands off at the last second Jade may have believed that her brother was still in mortal danger from Mia. Did Jade grab for Mia or did Jade push Mia? and another theory was that the spirit in Riley basically threw Mia with the last of it's power since Mia was still possessed so they could keep her. . . . . .

[@unlitpumpkinhead5051]

about the water details mentioned around 3:00- in mia's mom's note, she mentions that it's raining the day she's writing it. crazy connections! great video!

[@liliaweber7257]

To me, the movie is about attempt and failure to connect and communicate with others. The hand *could* represent phones/ tech/internet. Mia is motivated by loneliness and wants to use the hand to achieve connection and communication, but there are other forces she's barely aware of using it to deceive her, alienate her from her real friends, and gain something for themselves.

[@epiphannytaylor3211]

Nah

[@Nomaaaaam]

But the internet/phones can also be a good thing. There are suicide prevention hotlines now, support groups for recovering addicts, etc. Whereas with drugs they’re pretty much all bad. Especially with prolonged usage - as the movie shows. It also speaks to how letting them in too long basically binds the demons to you just like abusing drugs can cause permanent damage. I was surprised to see not that many people point this out. I thought it was super obvious that’s what it was an allegory for. Even down to the big huge dilated eyes when “taking a hit.”

[@morgangunning30]

what a wholesome reading

[@Rav_H_S_T]

Gives a whole new meaning to “talk to the hand”

[@KGBeast.]

9:22 When I first watched the film and the scene where Mia described her dream came on I instantly knew how it was going to end by that point early on

[@keithsummers_]

“Smash his head like it’s the “Like” button.” Best one yet! 😂

[@johnymashedpotatoes8264]

YESSSS TALK TO ME REVIEW. Man I love this channel, look forward to every video and I expand my movie library based on the breakdowns on here

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you Johny, much love

[@jeannie7987]

I think Jade saved her brother at the end, just in the nick of time, the same way she saved him just in time from cracking his head wide open on the table(shelf?) by putting her hand down; also combined with the entity losing its “grasp” on Mia so she let go which made it easier for Jade to do whatever she actually did to save her brother (i.e. pushed her or grabbed the wheelchair).

[@gaylord1543]

the directors mention that mia sacrificed herself in the end

[@SuperSpasticNinja]

Mia realises she is a danger and plunges herself into traffic instead of the kid

[@shirin9452]

@@gaylord1543ooh where did they mention it(??

[@naomib2217]

I went back to the moment where the truck swerved and you see Jade right behind Mia, holding the chair. But the camera pans away so you can’t see what happened before she gets hit, but I assume she pushed her to get her away from Riley.

[@joe98m3]

@@SuperSpasticNinja before she sacrificed herself her mom told her "We'll have him forever." I think that's when she realized her mom was evil and then jumped into the road.

[@truej23og]

Yeah yeah yeah great breakdown. Like, comment, and subscribed. Can we discuss the dog and the foot plz? I think there’s some deeper meaning behind those scenes.

[@kashifcaptures6387]

According to me, this movie exactly depicts the point - stages of grief. 1. We saw that Mia never accepted her mother's demise. 2. Secondly, she was angry with her father as she continuously blamed him for her mother's death. 3. The hand acts as a factor in the "bargaining stage", where she deals with her grief by getting addicted to that hand, or because the ghost portrays herself to be her mother. 4. We saw her already being in a depression right from the start of this movie. 5. Sadly, we never got to see Mia going to the "acceptance" stage. Also, this movie has some heavy symbolism. One of which was addiction to drugs. Hats off, great work!!!

[@Kijobethatguy]

"smash his head like it's the like button" you're wrong for that one💀

[@Wolf83]

I think the "hand" represents drugs - like oxycontin, fentanyl or heroin. Mia's moms suicide letter also references drug abuse - and there's doubt if she really killed herself or it was an accidental overdose. Like in the 80's horror movies referenced sex as the big offender - Talk To Me uses drugs. Clever

[@Wolf83]

Also! Jade's mom (which would've been a teenager in the 80's) was constantly after Jade and her boyfriend - trying to warn about having sex - never considering drugs to do more harm. Gen X Vs. Gen Z. Again, clever

[@jayyemm69]

@@Wolf83she does warn them about drugs. She asks if they're high or if they smoke (can't remember exactly what). She also says she "knew" that Mia had done drugs before.

[@meghanmisaliar]

​@@Wolf83it doesn't represent "drugs" per se. It just represents addictive behavior.

[@jackparkervisuals]

This is correct. Danny and Michael Philippou have spoken about the influence for the hand on the Joe Rogan podcast. The hand was inspired by teen drug use at parties and how drugs affect everyone differently, hence each spirit being different every time. This then extends into the metaphor for schizophrenia, where if you hold the hand for too long, the demons will be with you forever. The demons are a representation of the real life struggle people with schizophrenia face with visual and auditory hallucinations, especially when they tell the individual to harm themselves or others. We also see delusional beliefs, which is another symptom of schizophrenia.

[@jayson546]

I was hoping for a bit more depth in this analysis. I mean, it’s a synopsis of the movie, sure. But I feel like there’s so many possibilities to explore with Riley. Like, what did Riley Actually see when he touched the hand? Was it really Mias mom? I think if it was, he would have immediately looked at Mia, or at least said something. Instead, whatever it was seemed to take his breath away, but there was a hint of recognition on his face. Because he never looked away. He didn’t even flinch. He almost seemed more confused than anything else. What would cause that reaction?? And the fact that, whatever it was, stayed after the seance; presumably because they forgot to blow out the candle, it was hell bent on mutilating and murdering Riley. I think because of this, it was decidedly Not Mia’s mother he saw, and perhaps a demon or evil spirit of some kind. Anybody else think about this? There’s so much to consider here

[@bondjames6353]

The fact this was made my two KZbinrs and happens to be one of the best visual films I’ve seen in a very long time. Top 100 all time films for me.

[@TheWarPathBand]

Would there be any merit to the idea that the spirits had previously committed suicide? Makes the hell or purgatory-ish ‘lights out’ ending even more eerie. But we saw this fate quite a bit…Mia, Mia’s mother, Coles brother etc.

[@TylerBR97]

Loved your analysis. I would also like to add that I think the biggest theme about this movie is peer pressure. From the hand at the party to the ghosts manipulating Mia

[@mattheendpod2659]

The hand at the end is the opposing, second hand and was confirmed as being in Greece, in an ancestral link to the filmmakers.

[@rayasingleton2671]

That's a good catch!

[@bloc-dash1230]

It's not. It's the same hand. The alive person at the end is reaching out with the same arm as the rest of the film.

[@mattheendpod2659]

@@bloc-dash1230 This has actually been pointed out to me. Strange because I took it from an interview with the creators. But yeah, hands up.

[@edrhodes1840]

Her mother was the very first ghost that Mia seen the whole time! That water logged ghost lady was manipulating her the whole time even when she seen her dad trying to kill her. As the water logged lady ghost got weaker as time went on, her manipulations got weaker and she started looking more and more like her self “the original ghost” it was dope of her to realize at the last second that the sport wanted Riley the entire time and was using her to get him so she sacrificed herself to take his place

[@tentrixbanares6301]

I rewatched it tonight and turns out Jade pushed Mia to save Riley. I thought she sacrificed herself too when I watched it in the cinema.

[@RileyNewcomb]

I believe you are correct, that makes so much sense

[@itscard0man]

​@@tentrixbanares6301she wasn't pushed she realized they were using her at the last minute when the spirit said push hum so we can have him forever ..the camera shows her face coming to a realization the. Her hands letting go od the wheel chair

[@ashlynxxdio2303]

So why mia only seeing things

[@TecmagDiams]

@@itscard0man You can actually see a few frames where Jade reaches the wheelchair and grabs ahold of Mia. I find it VERY unlikely that she broke free from that and launched herself into traffic in the few frames between. Rather instead Jade seeing Mia about to kill her brother (with good reason to believe so as she was literally about to before deciding not to) ran up to save her brother and shoved her (pushing over the wheelchair). The reason I thought this right off the bat was it made no sense for the wheelchair to have been tossed over with Jade on the ground holding Riley if Mia had just decided to jump into traffic herself.

[@julzmusic8708]

This movie is ‘beyond’ horror - it does well to work with every essential trope in a subtle way for the most part, what was overwhelming for me was how authentic it was. As an Aussie, I felt like these could have been my best friends in the way some of this is portrayed. The acting is so genuine & every single character gets their own story arc that’s fulfilled - such a good film.

[@shaz5215]

The kangooroo at the beginning foreshadowed riley's injuries, and in the hospital the kangooroo walks away and riley is free. It's definitely the best disturbing movie of the year for me!

[@KOBKStreak]

The mother looks like the wet/water ghost Riley talks/connects to. With similar wet/watery skin and the eyes and skin seem the same almost. This cannot be the mother as she didn't die in water, by water, or around water. You touched on this with the rain/water link.

[@rhyno514]

The mother is the first ghost

[@kool2btrue]

@@rhyno514 The mother was never involved. Even in Riley's possession it was an imitation so they would allow Riley to go over 90 seconds uninterrupted. Once the spirit had a firm grasp on him, it is when it attempted to kill him ASAP. The drowned ghost was most definitely not the mother either. The point of the father's letter is to show to the audience that the ghost was lying, but Mia couldn't cope with reality, so she only believed the version she wanted.

[@WinniesPapa]

Loved this movie and a wonderful breakdown. I really hope you do a breakdown of Beau is Afraid soon. It’s criminally underrated and I still don’t understand how no one’s talking about it

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah I definitely need to cover it

[@chadcognac5626]

@@heavyspoilerspack a lunch! Ha.

[@jordanguerrero277]

@@heavyspoilersNOW not later, thanks

[@systemofadown945]

Someone did a good one on it i watched recently

[@NikolianYT]

Thank you for sharing your interpretation of the film. This is the first time I’ve clicked an “ending explained” video and actually got an explanation of the movie rather than a full recap of the movie. So happy! Subscribed

[@cathymendoza9328]

I love the breakdown. Same with midsommar and hereditary as grieving doesn’t have a shortcut and they’re somewhat easily manipulated bc they still on their grief state. I also think the dad is healed, same with the first scene which he is stabbed his brother and later on we see him fully healed.

[@NataliaHerrera-ul4gq]

Finally saw this movie yesterday and I loved it. I’m glad we finally get a good horror movie. Hope to see more movies from the same directors.

[@Quietlamacakes]

In the film, when a spirit enters the body it acts out how it died. In Riley’s case, Mia’s mum possessed Riley for the first 90 seconds but then the “evil man spirit” forced her out and that was when he acted the way he was when dying. Since it was already way over 90 seconds (2 minutes) the spirit was able to possess Riley longer and with that in mind, he attempted to kill him but failed. Mia was also possessed by the drowned evil spirit but she went along with a manipulative plan to get Mia’s soul. In the end, it was Mia’s fake mum (drowned evil spirit) that tried to first kill Riley for the other spirit and then kill Mia but it failed and only Mia died.

[@madeleinemoyn4798]

Riley also tried to kill himself when he was possessed (and again later) which is how Mia's mother died. I don't know how significant that is, as it does seem like Riley was possessed by that old guy.

[@goatlll]

I think you nailed most of the big points, and a movie like this really thrives in some of the contrast between light and dark, and pointing out the mirrors is a great bit of world building. One thing I was curious to hear about is something they played with , which is age. They made a big deal about not letting someone of a certain age play, which just seems like a standard precaution but there is a blink and you miss is bit of baby eating in one scene. It makes me wonder if the spirits become euphoric when in the presence of someone really young, and if that contributed in their unwillingness to let him go.

[@LiAnt_]

which part of the movie?

[@Nomaaaaam]

@@LiAnt_the limbo scene

[@TarboxArt]

Loved your breakdowns. I also personally felt like themes of the movie were definitely those of perpetual lonliness and solitude through not communicating honeslty. Most of the relationships in the movie feel stilted and rigid from lack of communication. Mia and Max, Jade and Daniel, Jade and her mom, Jade and Riley, Daniel and Mia and then this is paralleled by the main "talk to me" line with the ghosts. I really loved this movie

[@SurvReacts]

Oh my gosh watching this back I just realized some key parts idk if others did. 1st the spirits wanted a PURE soul to torcher not just a kid. Which is why they chose Riley and not his friend who we saw was a bad influence on Riley. 2nd mia’s mom was never really in the movie, if she was it could’ve possibly been the one who first possessed Riley which is why Riley looked at Mia before letting in the spirit, but going longer than 90 second and Mia making hand contact with both Riley and the hand opened the possibility of Riley getting possessed by the old man we see at the end of the movie. Since they want Riley so bad they tried to kill him instantly but was stopped. 3rd the demon that possessed Daniel was actually the old lady that we see sucking on his toes, I believe this because it appeared the soul was a sort of nymphomaniac and started sucking on the dogs tongue. 4th the kangaroo actually represents Riley. I say this because it was a symbol to trick Mia into believing that “putting it out its misery is the best thing” and since Mia didn’t kill the kangaroo they tease her by showing it’s still struggling hence Riley.

[@vinyfiny]

Loved this movie (which I saw on a whim the day it came out). So happy you're doing a breakdown on it!

[@yoongistongue4163]

For me there's a bigger meaning to this movie. Like let's imagine for a second those are not possessions, but drugs and Mia is actually going through the psychotic breakdown, bc she doesn't understand why her mom passed away. She suspect her committing a suicide but at the same time she doesn't understand how would ber mom left her like that. So in the process she starts to blame her dad. Then, if her father TALKED TO HER and have her a supportive hand when she needed it, maybe none of those would happen. But he didn't. And if you look basically at parents in the movie you'll notice they're not really parenting much. It's like trust teenagers are left to themselves. So there's a simple message actually, for the parents to talk with their kids before some strangers do this first (ghosts in the movie) or they will try to seek for other solutions on their own ( seeking alternative realities aka possessions).

[@BangTanPrettiNikki]

Loved this movie so much Paul. Thanks for the breakdown. 🥰

[@ameliadunn3161]

I DIDNT NOT KNOW IT WAS MADE BY 2 KZbinRS WOW. Best horror/pysch/spiritual movie in a long time 😮‍💨 ♡

[@getdrippy4416]

Phenomenal movie. Watched this with my daughter in a completely empty theater. It was a special experience. I believe this will be in conversations with the best horror movies of all time. And I know I'm not alone in that.

[@007Dirtysouth]

Don’t be a recency bias person bro. No doubt it was a really fun watch, and definitely one of the best horror L’s released in recent times, but I’m not sure about one of the Greatest of all time.

[@watrpologuy4549]

@@007Dirtysouthyea I think it’s overhyped to. Kinda like the black phone with Ethan hawke was to. It was good the final part was the weakest though

[@LuffyBlack]

I saw IT part 1 in Alamo Drafthouse in an empty theater with red balloons used as decorations

[@springroll58]

​@@watrpologuy4549the dialogue was also such a drag too; hope they improve in the sequel, the concept is great

[@caliwlove]

This movie was too good. Im kind of upset they didn't smash the hand to see what was inside.

[@cheekster777]

Great timing! Watched this last night. Thank you Paul.

[@skye3799]

I love how Mia always wears something of the color yellow while everyone else is wearing blue tones.

[@Nonamegirl1]

The elevator with the dad going up will always give me chills, it's a sign she's in purgatory, but not hell because she'll still have to get on to determine her destination.

[@samhall8880]

I absolutely loved the movie. I'm feeling so pampered as a Horror fan, we are getting so many horror movies this month and the next. I'm watching every movie I can in theaters and I'm planning to bench every single one during Halloween.

[@meghanmisaliar]

What were some other good ones? Any recommendations?

[@itzzskeeto359]

I didn't even expect to see the twins from a episode of Cold Ones be the ones making a dope ass movie ....That's the 1st time I came across them when they went with Chad and Max to some opal town haha.... Damn they blew me away

[@snooopledinkeroo]

Honestly one the best horror movies I’ve seen in a while it actually had be on the edge of my seat the entire movie

[@MrEvannelson]

Idk if you noticed the dad definitely died but he went to heaven cuz when he hoped on the elevator it was going up.

[@jokersoulslike420]

I notice that the light at the end that she see in the dark is because of the candle and the guy tells about other hand somewhere so maybe it shows inthe second one

[@SirBillyDorseyJr]

Saw this film three times in the theater and I absolutely love it! Excited to watch this video and see if I missed anything!

[@mickdipiano8768]

Me too!!!! What's your thought on the ending was she pushed or did she jump. I thought she jumped my first two times and thought she was pushed my third viewing.

[@SirBillyDorseyJr]

@@mickdipiano8768 I think she was pushed.

[@Asus-y9u]

​@@mickdipiano8768i believe mia saved the kid and killed herself

[@mizzourita3896]

I gave you a like for the "is that Éowyn?" 😊 I thought the same thing too when I saw this movie but when you just blurted it out it made me laugh

[@BEAST_541CW]

Best breakdowns on KZbin. Thank you!

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you

[@ivanthegr8one]

So glad you’ve finally broke this one down. I loved this movie!

[@mickdipiano8768]

Thank you so much for covering this. Best movie if the year. Ive seen it three times so far.

[@treytucker7404]

Foreshadowing the last scene of the movie with the first was really clever

[@nonabliss]

So I just watched TALK TO ME for a second time trying to catch things I missed on the first go round. I have questions that I can't answer on my own and I'm hoping someone can help me out. 1) When Mia is in the hospital after she gets hit by the car, she walks by an old man's room and he is sitting on the bed alone. We see this same old man earlier in the movie when a nurse is attending to him after Mia was wanting to see Riley and his mom told her to go away. She then sees her mom in a window's reflection. The old man was in Room 113. Who's that old man and what did his presence mean? They wanted the viewer to see him for sure so it means something. 2) Also, after Mia gets hit by the car and she is in the hospital, she sees Riley, Sue, and Jade sitting on the bed and Riley looks all better. Then she walks a little further and sees Jade and two other people walking in another room and the lights go out suddenly. I think Mia says "Jade, Sue" Who were those people? One I recognized from the back as Jade, but the other two was a woman with long blonde hair and the one in the middle had really short hair......was that Riley and Sue? Sue has red hair. 3) Did Mia's dad die? He was walking away from her in the hospital at the end when she was calling him and he just walked into the elevator without acknowledging her and the doors closed. I'm thinking he survived the jugular stab but I just wanna be sure. Okay the answers to these questions would be most appreciated. Thanks.

[@Enight233]

This was a good movie I hope they do an pt 2 hopefully explain the background on the hand itself

[@Scoobydoobydoo357]

Yes I really hope they do that!!!

[@grifftucker7120]

The movie is a metaphor for teenage drug use- while some teens come out of it unscathed, some are changed forever or worse; we see this play out in many ways: the possessions most commonly happen during parties, people feel peer pressure (or a desire for escape) that causes them to participate, a ritual is involved while using, the hand is passed from teen to teen like something illicit, and most importantly... possession changing someone's perception of reality to the point that they might harm themselves or others.

[@jingleballs9935]

Rakka rakka said themselves that there’s a hidden something in one of the scenes near the end that explains a lot but idk what they are talking about. Was looking for a video to explain that but nobody has found it yet I guess.

[@RaptorJezus27]

Great timing. I just watched it the other night

[@carloscordova7873]

Finally! Just watched this last week and its one of the best horror movies ive even seen.

[@SILLYGOOSE00]

The hand was the best part! When the main hand was introduced it was explained that the other hand was somewhere else in the world. I believe the hand at the end was the OTHER hand being referenced as it was appeared to be far removed from the location of this story. Perhaps this was already referenced but wanted to make sure! Awesome deep dive!!

[@RomanFedorov-fn3yt]

Mia’s father is taking the elevator up at the end. Where’s he going? Roof? My perception is that he dies and goes up while Mia is left in the darkness. Nothingness is hell. Hence the hand is a gateway to hell and nothing good can come from it.

[@camile]

If anyone watched Constantine lately will realise the water is the medium which lubricates the journey through hell “The mystic journey is often "lubricated" by immersion in water; in induces an altered state of consciousness in many cultures. It's particularly common in a kind of Jewish ritual magic/mysticism called merkaba.”

[@slanduralexander1278]

Glad you reviewed this. I saw it for Regal's Mystery Movie Monday like 6 weeks ago and i really did not understand the ending. Been waiting for this breakdown since!

[@Lucian1692]

The film was wonderful; not so much horror, but sadness. To enjoy it, one really needs to be a bit sensitive and to see some things outside the box. I think that's why some tough "horror lovers" discredit it.

[@kentrelhayes5982]

I googled horror movies and got lucky with this pick. Was dope!

[@Alfred_bb]

I watched it last night, a good movie with holes but a nice ending with a strange and cliche ending. 7/10

[@devinburnett4754]

I had a hunch that wasn't her mother from back when Duckett said "You're not him." He probably was tricked into killing his brother the same way she was tricked into stabbing her dad.

[@iksnipesta]

Earlier in the film, they mentioned that there could be another hand out there. I think that’s the hand 🤚 cuz it doesn’t appear to have the signatures all over it.

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

Water is generally seen as a conduit through which spirits can pass. The same as mirrors.

[@gsutton219]

They GOTTA do the 2nd movie from Mia’s perspective. A horror movie that follows the ghost would be dope.

[@Mizanthrobe]

Seeing that her mom was wet and appeared bloated towards the end. I think I know exactly which spirit that is.

[@eskindermamo4178]

I'm just wondering what spirit Riley saw that shook him. Would have been crazy if it was like Mia after she died. But it would create a time paradox that I think people would not like.

[@shan.69]

It was the water lady, acting as mia's mom.

[@eskindermamo4178]

@@shan.69 I genuinely believe the spirit that possessed Riley was her mom. Cause the first thing she does is apologise to Mia. Which follows the note that the mom left. Mia hasn’t even read the note at the time so she could not be manipulated with what she thought she knew. And then every spirit after that was just something evil. Maybe the drowned lady. Another thing that supports that is the story told in by the spirit that initially possessed Riley was way different from the one told later on. Cause at first the mom apologizes for taking her life. And later the mom is saying the dad killed her and he’s covering up murdering her. Also we’re lead to believe that people who died can be contacted through the hand at the end when we see Mia actually be that spirit that gets contacted.

[@AaBb-id1dm]

@@eskindermamo4178but it turned out that the note wasn’t real, it was made up by the spirits

[@eskindermamo4178]

@@AaBb-id1dm no the note was real. He showed her the note and after she got into her bedroom is where the spirits started messing with her

[@GeezyLoves420]

Yeah the first spirit that possessed Riley was actually Mias mom. That apology was genuine and tearfilled and was Mias mom apologizing for ending her own life. Then it seems the evil spirit swiched from Mias mom to whatever the old man entity was that wanted Rileys soul. Mias moms spirit is never seen or heard from again after that first possession.😢 Its the drowned ladys ghost that takes over and imitates Mias mom all the way through.

[@vladimiralvarenga9144]

Thank u for doing this. Love ure channel and was surprised u covered this movie I loved.

[@bradley4706]

Think you need to re look at the father at the end. The elevator he gets in goes up. I don’t think the creators would have made it so obvious if he was just getting in the lift. I believe this is saying he is going to heaven while she is stuck in the hand as a soul trapped there.

[@springroll58]

wow great point! when you get dismissed from a hospital, it's pretty rare for you to go up an elevator to go back to your car.

[@bradley4706]

@@springroll58 The racka racka boys made it overly obvious that this was the direction he was travelling, if the hospital they were filming at actually did require him to go up, I don’t think they would have made it so obvious. Very impressed with racka racka for this film. They really did well with it. I thought it would just but KZbinr made film trying to make scary things on screen, but it actually seems like they’ve thought deeply on what the story is above the plot. Things like this are just examples of this. My girlfriend doesn’t know who Racka Racka are and she loved it also. There are intentions of making a sequel so I look forward to that.

[@bdgamble7]

Probably best horror I've seen this year for sure

[@firstthessalonian6889]

I gave it a 6 out of 10, which for horror movies may as well have been a 10/10. I was entertained with this one, especially the ending. Very surreal, and to bring up her missing reflection, very flavorful. The odd transition from her getting up from the road, to being back at the hospital, and to see time passing instantly (Riley being healed and leaving, same as her dad) was very tastefully done. To blackness, only to see a faint candlelight in the distance. Hit hard, and was a satisfying ending IMO

[@ThatSoundedScary]

I think mia JUMPED in front of the car. Remember, her "mom" said "He'll be all ours". Which is what the ghosts wanted. Mia snap back into reality when she heard her ghost-mother say that, and saved Riley by jumping.

[@bellasavone9647]

One of my favourite horror movies of all time. Absolutely magnificent.👏🏼 10000000000/10