Háblame ¿Esto es Terror? - Opinión / Talk to me. Is this Horror? - Opinion

A few months ago, the advances that the different news platforms left us about the upcoming releases of horror films mentioned, among others, "TALK TO ME" and this one did not leave me very enthusiastic to say, because I thought "Another film of irreventive and stupid young people "

I also thought it was going to be another movie about contacting evil entities, but instead of a Jawbone, they would do it with a mannequin hand or something.

However, a few days after its premiere I came across its Official Trailer and it has some elements that made me decide to see it, especially production rather than history, here is the Trailer:

En "HÁBLAME" unos jóvenes contactan con espíritus que tienen muy mal aspecto, con lo que parece ser una mano embalsamada de un vidente o satanista. Encienden una vela para abrir ese portal, deben tocar la mano y decir "HABLAME" y pueden ver a un muerto o espíritu. Pero además si dicen "TE DEJO ENTRAR" ese espíritu que ven puede ahora tomar su cuerpo mientras tengan la mano agarrada.

Esto lo controlan los jóvenes con el tiempo, no debe pasarse de 90 segundos según unas reglas que como espectadores no nos dicen de donde salen. Para mí fue incómodo de ver como ellos sin miedo y sabiendo que pueden controlarlo y que efectivamente sí ven a un espíritu, pues lo que hacen es divertirse, burlarse, grabar con sus teléfonos móviles, y tener estados de euforia prácticamente.

In "TALK TO ME" some young people make contact with spirits that have a very bad appearance, with what appears to be the embalmed hand of a psychic or satanist. They light a candle to open that portal, they must touch the hand and say "TALK TO ME" and they can see a dead person or a spirit. But also if they say "I LET YOU IN" that spirit that they see can now take over their body while they hold the hand.

This is controlled by young people over time, it should not exceed 90 seconds according to rules that as spectators do not tell us where they come from. For me it was uncomfortable to see them without fear and knowing that they can control it and that indeed they do see a spirit, because what they do is have fun, make fun of, record with their mobile phones, and practically have states of euphoria.

The protagonist is Mia, a girl who lost her mother two years ago, in circumstances that are not entirely clear to her, and that situation took her away from her father. She is living with a friend's family, which is her friend, her friend's brother, and her mother.

Here there is an element or subplot that is the Duel and the unresolved family problems, however I feel that they are touched very superficially, I did not get hooked on any character, because they do not develop it, there are no great performances

The euphoric sessions with the spirits get out of control when her friend's brother is affected, leaving the portal open... Yes, just like that, something we've seen many times.

✅ WHAT I LIKED:

• The photography of the film, beautiful colors and their frames.

• The makeup of the spirits was quite disturbing and at times even difficult to see, it was well done.

• I liked the ending because it tried to make sense of the whole plot and the subplot, and we could understand how the spirits came to contact through the hand.

• I liked the action/horror scenes and they reminded me of The Exorcist, they were not exaggerated, they were quite good, without unnecessary shocks.

❎ WHAT I DID NOT LIKE:

• They didn't develop the characters well, I couldn't connect or identify with any of them.
• I think the euphoric attitude of the young people detracts a lot from the film, I like to see that young people today are not scared by anything and that they are more rational, but I don't think that making fun of the supernatural like that is really the case.
• I did not experience the terror of tense situations, precisely because of the constant mockery of young people, which simply disappears from the film when everything gets out of control, but there was no internalization from them that they played with paranormal forces.
• That Grief or Depression have been touched on in the film seems fine to me, but it was almost an accessory, they didn't treat the subject as such.

Do I recommend the movie?

If you want to spend an afternoon watching movies, I suppose that's fine, but you're not going to get anything memorable, or original, nor are you going to feel terror, which is what one looks for in this genre.

I think I was able to assess the production points that I pointed out in what I liked about "TALK TO ME" but the story is very repeated, weak and not very serious. But I don't regret having seen it because I already have my opinion about it and it's certainly not the majority's, because I think it's having better acceptance than I expected.

I continue to admire the terror of The Exorcist and Hereditary more than I do consider masterpieces of the Horror genre.