Box Office
Hit · 20.4xBudget$4.5M
Worldwide Gross$92M
Talk to Me scores a low 1/10 for wokeness by sticking to classic supernatural horror driven by grief, peer pressure, and occult thrills with zero identity politics or social messaging.
Talk to Me is a straightforward Australian supernatural horror film centered on teenagers using an embalmed hand to summon spirits for party thrills, with the story driven by protagonist Mia's grief over her mother's death, peer pressure, and the consequences of breaking the 90-second possession rule.
The narrative follows classic horror tropes of reckless youth dabbling in the occult, addiction-like escalation, and family trauma without any framing around systemic oppression, identity politics, or critiques of traditional norms. Casting features Sophie Wilde as Mia alongside Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Miranda Otto, and others in roles that align with the Australian setting and story needs, with no evidence of race- or gender-swapping established characters or foregrounding diversity as a statement.
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We've run a full content analysis on Talk to Me and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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