Talk to Me | 2023 Movies RANKED - Episode 48

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Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list.

Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List:
1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Beau Is Afraid
4. Infinity Pool
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
7. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
8. John Wick: Chapter 4
9. Tetris
10. Gran Turismo
11. Air
12. Creed III
13. Sound of Freedom
14. A Haunting In Venice
15. The Creator
16. The Flash
17. Fast X
18. Asteroid City
19. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
20. Shazam! Fury of the Gods
21. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
22. M3GAN
23. missing
24. The Machine
25. Barbie
26. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
27. The Exorcist: Believer
28. Scream VI
29. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
30. Dumb Money
31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
32. Renfield
33. The Equalizer 3
34. Blue Beetle
35. Evil Dead Rise
36. The Pope’s Exorcist
37. Magic Mike’s Last Dance
38. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
39. Knock at the Cabin
40. Insidious: The Red Door
41. Five Nights at Freddy's
42. The Nun II
43. The Last Voyage of the Demeter
44. Plane
45. Haunted Mansion
46. Cocaine Bear
47. Knights of the Zodiac

Talk to Me is a refreshing take on the possession genre, taking the essence of an exorcism or seance movie and reducing it to an immature party drug allegory. The premise is so captivating and terrifying that the film doesn’t need to rely on jump scares, of which I don’t recall there being a single one—the mark of a true horror movie.

Instead the horror comes when you realize the complete lack of reverence that the young party kid cast has for discovering a method of communicating with spirits of the dead. Instead of falling to their knees and repenting to God having found proof of the afterlife, they film each other freaking out, not under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but under the influence of these ghosts they willingly allow into their bodies. The kids eventually become addicted to the act, including the dopamine hit from carelessly posting these videos online. The horrific thing is that nobody is afraid of the horrific thing happening right before their eyes and iPhones.

This of course reflects the age we live in, where nothing is too sacred to post and everyone seems keen to take a video of someone in distress rather than step in and help them out. Carelessly conjuring fiendish spirits for the almighty click is a terrifying glance at how the pursuit of digital attention is slowly but surely dehumanizing and desensitizing all of us digital addicts as we communicate exclusively through our devices instead of face to face, hence the brilliance of the title.

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