SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for the movie Talk To Me. If you have not yet seen the film, proceed at your own risk!
The horror genre is full of indelible iconography. Freddy Kreuger’s glove. The masks of Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Ghostface. The Lament Configuration Box. The Babadook book. There is a long and robust history, and for Danny and Michael Philippou’s critically acclaimed Talk To Me, the chilling heart of everything is an embalmed hand. Encased in ceramic and covered with pen-written words, names and phrases, the mystical object has a spooky connection to the afterlife, and it offers both excitement and terror for anyone who uses it.
