Proving that YouTube is as much of a training ground as any film school are the Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou. Known online as RackaRacka their stunts and horror comedy shorts saw them win a number of awards and led to their first feature film,‘Talk to me’ a supernatural horror that follows a group of teenage friends who take part in a dangerous new party craze, that uses an embalmed hand to open the door to the spirit world. As they push the boundaries more and more, the group get way more than they bargained for when they unleash deadly supernatural forces… with truly shocking consequences. Read our review HERE. Well now we have a ‘Talk To Me’ limited edition box set
The film features cast of brilliant young actors including Sophie Wilde (Babygirl,), Alexandra Jensen (Beat) and Joe Bird (Rabbit), star alongside screen favourites Miranda Otto (The Lord of the Rings, The Thin Red Line) and Zoe Terakes (The Office).
Picked up by distributors in Cannes the film did sterling business worldwide earning almost $92m at the box office and a soon to be released sequel is almost upon us. Picked up by terrific Home Ent label Second Sight they’ve given it their usual high end values with a limited edition box set in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Ann Bembi and a 120-page book with new essays
The Talk To Me limited edition box set arrives in a dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs the film is presented in HDR with Dolby Vision and a wide range of bonus features that includes:
- New audio commentary by Emma Westwood and Sally Christie
- Audio commentary with writer–directors Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou
- Talk to Them: a new interview with Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou
- Conjuring Demons: a new interview with producer Samantha Jennings
- Beautifully Grotesque: a new interview with cinematographer Aaron McLisky
- Contagion: Kat Ellinger on Talk to Me
- Behind the Scenes of Talk to Me: archive featurette
- Behind the Scenes – No Spoilers: archive featurette
- Deleted Scenes
- Cast Interviews • Crew Interviews Limited Edition Contents
- Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Ann Bembi
- 120-page book with new essays by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Kat Hughes, Meagan Navarro, Cecilia Sayad, Rebecca Sayce and Amber T
- Six collectors’ art cards
Best of these is the commentary and interview with the directors who are great fun and seemingly can’t quite believing just how successful the film became on release. But once you’ve seen ‘Talk To Me’ you’ll see what all the talk was about.
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Here’s the Talk To Me box set trailer…..
