TALK TO ME Directors Tease 'Horrific' Sequel, Calling One Scene 'One of the Best Things' They'll Ever Shoot — GeekTyrant
While promoting their new nightmare-fuel feature Bring Her Back , directors Danny and Michael Philippou dropped a blood-soaked tease about the long-awaited sequel to Talk to Me , the breakout horror hit that turned a mummified hand and 90 seconds of possession into a wildly disturbing theatrical experiences.
During their appearance on The Boo Crew Podcast (via Bloody Disgusting), the brothers revealed they're currently sitting on two versions of the Talk to Me 2 script, and both are obviously heading into dark territory. Danny explained:
'Two different sets of characters that are in two different places. I'm equally excited about both. There's one scene in one of them that I think will be one of the best things I ever shoot.'
That's a big claim coming from a filmmaker whose debut film was filled with shocking and hardcore brutal visuals involving demon-possessed teens.
Michael backed up the hype, giving us a glimpse into the scale of their twisted ambition:
'It's so horrific. I'm like, 'This is insane,' and I've already started talking to people. I'm like, 'How can we pull this off practically?' So those conversations are happening, but it's about stepping away from the world and then coming back into it super reinvigorated. So that's why we didn't do that next.'
Well, I'm excited to see what they are teasing here!
Rather than jump straight into the sequel, the brothers chose to take a detour with Bring Her Back , another emotionally-charged ghost story. But, Talk to Me 2 is still a high priority. In fact, Danny hinted they're likely to make one more original horror film first.
'I'm writing another horror movie at the moment, which I adore so much. And it feels like it's huge. So there's that. And then [it] would be Talk to Me 2.'
The first Talk to Me followed 17-year-old Mia ( Sophie Wilde ) as she tried to contact her dead mother and spiraled into supernatural chaos thanks to a crew of teens who treat summoning spirits like a party trick. Needless to say, things get grim pretty fast.
No release date for Talk to Me 2 yet, but if they pull off what they're planning, we might be looking at a sequel that not only lives up to the first, but surpasses it in brutality and ambition.
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