The new A24 film is the latest in a long line in the genre that knows no emotion is more powerful, or potentially dangerous, than inconsolable heartache.
A24The demons and devils may change but the grief stays the same—a horror cinema fact borne out by Talk to Me (in theaters July 28), Australian twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou’s superb import about a group of teenagers who find a unique way to commune with the dead. A clever thriller that puts a distinctive 21st-century spin on familiar material, it proves the vitality of both its scare-tactic tropes and its belief in loss and sorrow as catalysts for misguided decisions and unholy terr