To hype its buzzy new horror movie, A24 held advance screenings of Talk To Me in more than twenty markets around The United States, and spoiler alert, they went over very well. I attended one of them myself, and reaction was extremely positive, at least apart from one middle aged lady I sat next to who brought her daughter and seemed to have no idea what she was getting into. She watched most of the movie with her hands covering her face, trying to keep the spirit world out.
Everyone else, however, collectively let that spirit world in, and we shared a bumpy and deeply unnerving ride. Don’t take my word for it though. As part of CinemaBlend’s partnership with A24, we brought along a camera crew and interviewed about twenty people as they were coming out of the theater. We asked for their knee-jerk reactions, and in an effort to describe how scary it was, they used phrases like “my knees are kind of still jelly right now” and “finger-biting-what’s-gonna-happen-next kinda scare.” You can watch a round-up of their horror-stricken reactions below…
