TALK TO ME (2023) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Creepy Hidden Details & Film Analysis
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- TALK TO ME (2023) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Creepy Hidden Details & Film Analysis. In this video, we give an in-depth breakdown of the movie Talk To Me, pointing out all of the things you missed, the easter eggs, the little clues and a discussion of what the movie is REALLY about. This is such a creepy movie with lots of little details and elements to it that we discovered. So, turn off the lights and join us as we dive into it!
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Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers, show I'm your host Paul and this video we're breaking down Talk To Me.
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The brand new horror is one of my favourite films of the year and throughout this video we're gonna be breaking down the hidden layers and details that you might have missed. We'll also be talking about the true meaning of the ending and explaining all the little thematic things that they do throughout the film.
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Now the movie was distributed by A24 and it follows a teenager named Mia who gets a little too up close and personal at a party with some spirits. Normally when I do that it leads to me face down in a bath somewhere but Mia and her friends brother Riley are pulled into a horrifying world of ghosts and ghouls.
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This makes me think of the Angels episodes of Doctor Who, who act more like demons and live off the potential temporal energy of those they feed on. That may be why they prefer to have the young because a younger person dying would lose a lot more potential life.
My friend you have this one in the PlayList "Classic Movie Breakdowns"...... this is not a classic of anything...
Mia didnt kill hersef her friend jade pushed her into the highway.
for me i loved how ambigous the fate of mia's dad is. it can be interpreted as him leaving the hospital because jade mananged to save him and he healed his neck wound, or he is taking the elevator up to the afterlife. and mia cant follow him because she is stuck in limbo.
Oooooh I didn’t even think about the dad! I just figured he was healed
Wow
Like ur take in that ending, but I read on another video that Jade specifically mentioned that she called the ambulance to come aid Mia’s dad before flat out saying “she’s dangerous”
yeaa but i think he's healed but what a great interpretaiton
With regards to Mia's dad in the last scene...i feel he healed and that it took time..as in months...it's just things are moving real fast in Mia's time since she's dead...same applies to Riley as we get different shots of him being completely healed in the first shot and later discharged in the second.
The ghost was also losing the ability to mimic her mother. The ghost was slowly going back to looking like the drowned ghost that she saw. You can see the subtle changes in the ghost's appearance throughout the movie.
that makes sense
i noticed that, i was like why is she white now😭😭
Yes I did notice that too. Theres two other things I noticed, one that the first time Mia was possessed the ghost inside her mentions how "he" really likes Riley and then when Riley and Mia are sleeping a hand comes to pat Riley on his cheeks. This I think is a separate entity that is working with Mias ghost.
@@zubairshah1612I was that entity. We didn’t succeed
Good one
The actress playing Mia is one to watch for. She carries the whole movie and delivers an absolutely incredible performance.
I agree it was a great performance
Her screams seem to be on par with Samara Weaving!
no she was cringe
@tylermerker8447 the whole movie depends on her performance. It would have flopped.
@@MrDrezzy007Let's not lie cause everyone else did good heck the movie could've been focused on Riley and it would've done well
Can we talk about how they depicted limbo? One of the most horrifying hellish pieces of imagery I’ve ever seen in a movie. Exactly how you’d picture hell, brilliantly done
It’s a pretty harrowing scene, if you watch closely you can see one of the demons/ghosts eating a baby. The directos said the original scene was like 2 mins long of absolutely horrific gory imagery depicting hell but they decided to cut it down.
Idk if that was limbo though. I think it was just them tricking Mia, making her think he was being tortured in limbo so she would kill him.
@@williammiller496I felt the same way. I feel like you couldn't take anything Mia saw during her hauntings at face value. Limbo could've been just a fabrication
But limbo and he'll aren't the same. But ya that imagery was terrifying
Thats actually a black mass seen it in a lot of horror movies it’s a very dark practice in real life where they stab and eat the sacrifice
Her “mom” was actually the drowned lady…she starts to look more and more like her each time she contacts mia. Another YTer pointed out that the boyfriend’s initial possessor ‘outed’ the boyfriend. Also that the spirit that inhabited riley was maybe the first one that the drowned lady in mia said “he likes you”
Yep exactly, that wasn't her mother at all that she saw in her mind. It was the drowned lady that possessed Mia the first time she tried. She went over 90 seconds as well, and that's probably what triggered that spirit/demon to stay inside her mind during the entire film. Everything that Mia was experiencing and the deception she saw in the film was all caused by that evil spirit that invaded her mind after the first hand possession.
This is exactly what I said! It was never her mom from the start. Mia kinda disappointed me from never noticing this lol
@@nhc7772 Mia did when she didn't push Riley and the wheelchair onto the street and killed herself instead {?}
@@drunkgforce1 I meant earlier then that. Her “mom” literally told her her dad was a lier and was going to hurt her and then a fake dad comes in and attacks her and she can hear her real dad trying to break down the door to help her. So she should know right then and there that her real dad wasn’t the bad one and that the “mom” she was seeing was the one lying.
@@nhc7772 Yes, good point.
When mia walks out of the room after riley is possessed… you can see the candle is still lit on the table 🕯️
I came away with the impression that the rules given by Tuckett's brother and the other friends were genuine, and that the visions Mia was seeing of Riley suffering in Limbo are just the ghosts or malevolent entities manipulating her because as stated in the rules, "if you die with them in you, they'll have you forever". Riley's body was already rejecting the possession as his sister told Mia Riley was getting better... which is why the ghosts were pushing Mia to kill him already because they were going to lose their hold on him.
That's actually a really good explanation. The spirits have constantly been tricking her because she went over 90 seconds while the others were just under it. Makes sense why they were not also seeing things.
my interpretation also!
Her “mom” was never her mom. It was always that spirit that drowned cause you could slowly see her mother turning back into it throughout the movie. Each scene she’d have more water on her. Mia is even told at one point that the spirits can read their deepest thoughts so that’s why it knew how to act like her mother
How do you know she drowned? I feel like I missed something.
@@meghanmisaliarbecause the first spirit was bloated, wet, and looked how bodies look when they decompose in water
Lots of audio clues of water glugging and sloshing as well.
@@meghanmisaliarik im a little late but the reason they know is bcuz her body is bloated like how a drowned corpse is
So whom did the boy see
One of the best horrors to be released recently
I love the hard open, right in and anxiety is high
I'd argue even one of the best of all time. It isn't revolutionary in terms of its concepts, i.e., it not reinventing the wheel, but its a damn good wheel.
I really think the hand at the end is a different hand. If you remember they say "the other hand is just out there"
I don’t think so. It would be the right hand
Correct @@jingleballs9935
Loved the breakdown, Paul. I love hearing everyone's different interpretations. My take on Mia's death was that she actually sacrificed herself in order to save Riley and others from herself and how dangerous she had become as she was continually being manipulated by evil spirits. I think Mia throws herself into traffic rather than being pushed by her friend Jade or the evil spirit pretending to be her mother. Mia clearly has a realization when the spirit impersonating her mother tells her that “WE will take care of him (Riley) forever.” She knows that it’s not actually her mom and that she has been manipulated this whole time. Manipulated into stabbing her father, manipulated into nearly killing Riley. She sacrifices herself to protect those she loves. She knows she just stabbed her dad and that she is a danger to those around her. The subtle acting from Sophie Wilde shows that she has a realization of some sort, and she clearly takes her hands off the wheelchair right before it cuts to the crash. Leading me to believe that she jumped out into traffic rather than her being pushed by Jade or the spirit. That was just my take. I agree with your assessment of Duckett and his bro, and the end being a mirror of that, but I just like to think that Mia actually had more agency and choice in her own death rather than being manipulated until the end. There are loads of nuances and ways to interpret the ending, but I think you did an excellent job. Cheers.
Actually agree with you this was my take too it too most of it u have more detail but i was based of this
Wouldn't she realise she's dead at the end then? The way it plays out definitely suggests she's unaware of what's happened until she touches the hand and enters the world of the living again
@@nutta4236 I think that's the thing, regardless of whether you think she was pushed or she killed herself, she doesn't actually realize she's dead until she grabs the person's hand at the party. She seems to be in a sort of limbo, unaware of the fact that she has gone over to the other side. I get what you are saying, that she would be consciously aware of her choice, and thus know that she's dead. But none of us knows what happens to a person when they die. Do they have all their memories? Do they remember how they died? It's a lot of inference, but yeah, I'm totally fine too with the take that the spirit pushed her. I don't think I'm right and others are wrong. I appreciate the convo though. Cheers Nutta.
there's a 3rd choice. the drowned b.i. forced her to kill herself because she wouldn't kill riley
Oh- I went back to see at the moment the truck swerved and the car behind “ hit something” you can see that she gets pushed into the street by the sister. I was also questioning if she threw herself at first!
Good on A24 for being the first in meeting demands for the strike, really like them on film and behind the scenes as a company
Does that mean A24 projects can go back to filming now?
@@thomasledwidge8538they’re an independent studio they never stopped and they’re also focused on distribution they buy films and slap the A24 sticker
@@thomasledwidge8538 I believe they can, something with waivers or something but it boils down to yes, they can keep filming
…meaning?
The film is an allegory for addiction. Of course there are other elements to it as well, but most people who watch it think, "Why would anyone do that?" Why would you touch the hand in the first place? It seems extremely scary and dangerous.That's exactly what I thought, it makes no sense, but...
I'm a recovering addict! 🤦♀There are SO many times in my life that I can look back on now and think, "Why did I do that?! I could have died! I could have become majorly addicted!" (I'm someone who has experimented with almost everything, but ironically, got addicted to wine...The "tame," legal stuff. That's what sent me to rehab and almost ruined my life.)
A lot of times you watch horror movies and think that the characters are making stupid decisions (which they usually are), but if you watch this film and think, "That would never happen," you're just wrong. Almost every heroin addict had a moment where they decided, "I'm going to try heroin." Why? That's asinine. Why would anyone do that to themselves? But we do. The opioid epidemic is getting worse every day. So many of us have "touched the hand" and "invited the spirit in" even though it makes no logical sense.
And a lot of people end up in a state of hell on earth because of it.
What a fantastic film! I love "smart" horror. The scary parts were really scary and the story made sense. (Although I did walk away with some questions, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.) Too many horror films these days have a great premise but blow it by the end, but this one was strong from start to finish.
Yep, eventhough its a horror/suspense film, the story in this one actually goes pretty deep and very relatable in real life situations/addicts. Glad to see u recovering and hope ur health and life continues to go upward from here on out! 👍
At first I had the same idea…like who in their right mind would ever go this but in reality…these are all teenagers. Which we can all take in we’ve done stupid stuff especially with peer pressure and when put in with the addition feeling and the trauma of mom leaving… I can see how Mia got hooked on quick
id try it just to see if it works lol
@@himothy9871 A lot of people would! I'm a skeptic, I don't believe in the supernatural or the afterlife or a god, etc., but I think it would be awesome if heaven existed. I think that when you die, you just die, but if there were an afterlife, that would be pretty cool. It would certainly make losing a loved one much easier, knowing that you'd see them again someday. So, yeah, the skeptic in me would 100% say, "Bring it on!" LOL If this were real, I would either think that everyone was faking it, or there was a logical explantation. Like, maybe the hand is coated in some kind of hallucinogenic and people touching it are just really tripping. I would definitely want to see for myself what everyone else was claiming to see.
@@Kristine_202all of the former addicts are looking at it like an allegory about addiction. I didn't think it was about addiction at all.
Detail I'd like to point out - Riley who fell asleep next to Mia watching ' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' - On that show you get up to 3 "lifelines" which include a phone call. We do see in the movie that she ignored 2 calls from her Dad. To me it symbolizes the 2 deaths - 1 being her mom then later 1 being her. Just a thought, but overall a great horror movie. The concept was refreshing to see!
With regards to Mia's dad in the last scene...i feel he healed and that it took time..as in months...it's just things are moving real fast in Mia's time since she's dead...same applies to Riley as we get different shots of him being completely healed in the first shot and later discharged in the second.
Mia’s dad had family who cared, they had all just visited him and her. None of them were with him, and none of the staff of the hospital acknowledged him.
@@LuLu24Ayo notice too it clearly shows Riley and his family leaving on the same level. Why else show him going up into the light? He definitely died.
I reluctantly started watching this movie, and after the first ten minutes I was completely scuked into it. It's a really well done horror film and has quickly become one of my favorites.
Me too, I thought it's typical teen horror movie based on the trailer. Which mean the trailer itself is great not showing the real story.
When the little girl said "I'll let you in" mia experienced what it was like to be a child trapped in eternity with grieving mothers.. all of the naked women were trying to 'claim' riley, as he was the closest thing to what they lost
why do you think they were all grieving mothers? I disagree with this part.... I think they are want to consume to his life essence, abuse him, corrupt his innocence, and torment his soul. In the scene from the void, where they are all on him and around him, they are naked and all over him as he is struggling and basically being molested. It doesn't really remind me of mothers wanting to be around their children...Its more like they get a cat-nip-like high from their life-force, similarly to how the teens get a kind of high from being possessed, but way more intense. In that same scene form the void (which was originally two minutes of gruesome footage they decided to trim) there is a big, rotted spirit who seems to be on top of Riley, and that is likely the most evil spirit or some kind of daemon that running things down there.. and the first ghost refers to him:. "he likes you, he'll split ya boy, he'll split ya....there he is....he's right behind you". This spirit is the one controlling everything. In fact, it is clear he has the drowned-woman-spirit doing his bidding, and the whole Mia's mother speaking through Riley part was actually her pretending, and it was initially done just to get passed 90 seconds so the evil one could possess Riley. You can even notice how the spirit doesn't reveal any hint it is her mother until like 50 seconds (their original agreed cutoff time for Riley). I think this one spirit or daemon is much more powerful, and he can use and manipulate the other spirits and their established connection to living humans. That also why after the first seance, when Riley is sleeping next to Mia, she gets up and caresses his head in a sweet way, and then we see a rotted hand caressing him a super creepy way. She is connected to Mia and this [and possibly other] powerful entities can sort of use this doorway, but I think the doorway isn't fully open since Mia barely went over 90sec.
or, none of that was real and it was an image to further influence her to kill riley
@@7thangelz i was wondering whether it was real, and if after she found out from the hand, the evil spirit manipulated what she saw and made up a reason to further benefit their cause (getting and keeping Riley)… because her fake mother never brought it up until after she saw it. And we do know they are obsessed and very much want Riley, so it would track. But also yea I could see if it was all a trick also.
@@d3maccusI agree with you. I think it's like in insidious. Riley must have seen one of the most powerful demon so when Riley saw it he was surprised but since Mia exceeded the 90 secs limit she thought what Riley saw was her mom, so the devil used Riley to confuse Mia so that Mia can help the devil kill Riley while it is still in Riley's body. The devil needed Mia's help to get Riley. You remembered that the longer the spirit stays in his body, it weakens and eventually will get out, maybe because he is still young so the devil couldnt capture him so he needed Mia to offer Riley to the devil
@@viennaz3522 totally in with you. Also reminds me of conjuring 2 where the demon controls the ghost of the old man.(mixed with insidious). Regarding the last part, the evil forces did have a pretty good grasp in Riley (but the person needs to die to capture fully). Anytime the sedatives would wear off he would try to kill himself, so they had a much stronger grasp on him than MIA. However I think MIA repeatedly using the hand (and having it in her possession) escalated the over-90sec-bridge between her snd that was already created.
The spirits remain in limbo in this film because they died by suicide. The same as Mia at the end. The same idea as in the film Constatine.
Mia didn't commit suicide, if you watch that part in slow motion it shows Jade pushes her
Jade actually pushes Mia into the street. I watched it on .5 speed and you can see Jade run down the hill and push Mia to save Riley
I watched it too and couldn’t find any solid image of Jade throwing Mia, because the image is focused on the driver and passenger in the vehicle and the focus is blurry in the peripheral perspective. I think Mia jumped because of the height the body was at the time she hit the car. I don’t think that Jade could push or throw Mia that high.
Yeah you’re able to slow it down frame by frame and in a three frame set you can see Jade grab Mia to the side of Riley right after Mia had let go of the wheelchair, and then you see Jade’s arms outstretched as Mia’s head hits the glass for one frame.
Oh wow. I didn't realize that.
@@LuLu24Ayo people also reach out their hands when they are trying to grab someone to prevent them from doing something? who is to say she wasn't trying to stop Mia from hurling herself into the street?
Well, she had found Mia's dad bleeding out from being stabbing and then Jade had called her mother and told her that Mia was dangerous and Mia had stolen Riley and was pushing him in a wheelchair towards the highway so even with Mia taking her hands off at the last second Jade may have believed that her brother was still in mortal danger from Mia.
Did Jade grab for Mia or did Jade push Mia? and another theory was that the spirit in Riley basically threw Mia with the last of it's power since Mia was still possessed so they could keep her. . . . . .
Hey Paul, I always enjoy your breakdowns and I've been an avid viewer for quite a while.
Normally, I'm content to sit back, enjoy, hit the like the button and all that jazz, however with this movie I feel you missed something incredibly big.
Perhaps it's because of my own struggles, but this movie seems like a metaphor for addiction.
It perfectly recreates what it's like to try new drugs at parties in your teenage years. Your eyes even dilate when "taking a hit". She comments on how good it feels and keeps going back for "one more hit". Addiction is also genetic so it's very possible that the same diseases is how her mother passed away. Also, as much as I enjoyed the two characters who were the "keepers" of the hand they really screamed "drug dealer" to me.
I think the grief angle hits pretty deep to as addiction itself comes with it's own form of grief, especcially when you've lost people to same drug you're using, but overall I think it's more addiction as a whole rather than just grief.
Anyway, I hope you have a great one, man! Keep up the great work!
Love that analysis, yeah totally went over my head, great catch on it
Exactly what I thought after seeing the first scene with the hand! I used to be a drug addict (for 17 years) and the whole movie seems like one big warning for doing drugs. Even the "suicide" letter from Mias mom had drug abuse references - and she may not have killed herself - it could be an accidental overdose. Nevertheless this movie is right up there with It Follows and Hereditary. Scary and thoughtful.
@@Wolf83Congratulations on 17 years sober! I'm at 2 and half myself.
What about the needles under the moms finger nails? some sort of torture?
agree!
I think the spirits effects would’ve weaken had Mia stopped using the hand but she uses it fairly regularly thru out the film after her first time I also think since she went over her first time the spirits had a stronger hold on her and we’re able to stay longer especially when she keeps using the hand
Yes. The guy at the start and Mia kept using the hand, so the grip of the demons got stronger.
Riley stayed over 99 seconds and had bad consequences, but his experience ith the hand was one and done. I think he was freed over time and back to normal.
just finished the movie & came here. missed so much! i do think that the ghost she allowed to possess her the first time manipulated her the entire time. the ghost of her mother gets more “wet” & bloated - which is a reference to staying in water for a long time.
I don't think the vision of Riley in Limbo was real. Mia succumbs to the same fate and we see what Limbo is actually like. Rather, I think the spirits just showed her yet another lie for their ends.
I loved the scene where her eyes get huge and she starts singing in french, and it was super cute how they were dooing selfies with her and she just looks like a confused child
That was seriously creepy.
That was such a great scene
Cute? Get real
@@epiphannytaylor3211 get bent
Demonic and creepy AF. Which I think was the point.
09:26 This is common dream yoga (lucid dreaming) practice within Tibetan Buddhism...if you can't see your reflection on mirror, body of waters etc...you're dead or in the dreaming world; as both considered a bardo (the world in-between worlds); For lucid dreaming, not seeing one's reflection is the trigger to gain lucidity when one is dreaming....same function as Leonardo Dicaprio's top that spins in the movie "Inception".
Her death was also foreshadowed before too when it said "he stabbed his brother and then killed himself" she did the same when she stabbed her dad and the "killed herself"
That ending was good... but does anybody else think that MIA was an unlikable character? That last half of the movie made me not care for her for all the things she did, and it felt weird because she's the main character...
To me, the movie is about attempt and failure to connect and communicate with others. The hand *could* represent phones/ tech/internet. Mia is motivated by loneliness and wants to use the hand to achieve connection and communication, but there are other forces she's barely aware of using it to deceive her, alienate her from her real friends, and gain something for themselves.
Nah
But the internet/phones can also be a good thing. There are suicide prevention hotlines now, support groups for recovering addicts, etc. Whereas with drugs they’re pretty much all bad. Especially with prolonged usage - as the movie shows. It also speaks to how letting them in too long basically binds the demons to you just like abusing drugs can cause permanent damage. I was surprised to see not that many people point this out. I thought it was super obvious that’s what it was an allegory for. Even down to the big huge dilated eyes when “taking a hit.”
Gives a whole new meaning to “talk to the hand”
I think Jade saved her brother at the end, just in the nick of time, the same way she saved him just in time from cracking his head wide open on the table(shelf?) by putting her hand down; also combined with the entity losing its “grasp” on Mia so she let go which made it easier for Jade to do whatever she actually did to save her brother (i.e. pushed her or grabbed the wheelchair).
the directors mention that mia sacrificed herself in the end
Mia realises she is a danger and plunges herself into traffic instead of the kid
@@gaylord1543ooh where did they mention it(??
I went back to the moment where the truck swerved and you see Jade right behind Mia, holding the chair. But the camera pans away so you can’t see what happened before she gets hit, but I assume she pushed her to get her away from Riley.
@@SuperSpasticNinja before she sacrificed herself her mom told her "We'll have him forever." I think that's when she realized her mom was evil and then jumped into the road.
If you slow it down when mia is about to push Riley in the street you can see that mia is getting pushed by her friend not sacrificing herself
“Smash his head like it’s the “Like” button.” Best one yet! 😂
Her mother was the very first ghost that Mia seen the whole time! That water logged ghost lady was manipulating her the whole time even when she seen her dad trying to kill her. As the water logged lady ghost got weaker as time went on, her manipulations got weaker and she started looking more and more like her self “the original ghost” it was dope of her to realize at the last second that the sport wanted Riley the entire time and was using her to get him so she sacrificed herself to take his place
I rewatched it tonight and turns out Jade pushed Mia to save Riley. I thought she sacrificed herself too when I watched it in the cinema.
I believe you are correct, that makes so much sense
@@tentrixbanares6301she wasn't pushed she realized they were using her at the last minute when the spirit said push hum so we can have him forever ..the camera shows her face coming to a realization the. Her hands letting go od the wheel chair
So why mia only seeing things
@@itscard0man You can actually see a few frames where Jade reaches the wheelchair and grabs ahold of Mia. I find it VERY unlikely that she broke free from that and launched herself into traffic in the few frames between. Rather instead Jade seeing Mia about to kill her brother (with good reason to believe so as she was literally about to before deciding not to) ran up to save her brother and shoved her (pushing over the wheelchair).
The reason I thought this right off the bat was it made no sense for the wheelchair to have been tossed over with Jade on the ground holding Riley if Mia had just decided to jump into traffic herself.
The hand at the end is the opposing, second hand and was confirmed as being in Greece, in an ancestral link to the filmmakers.
That's a good catch!
It's not. It's the same hand. The alive person at the end is reaching out with the same arm as the rest of the film.
@@bloc-dash1230 This has actually been pointed out to me. Strange because I took it from an interview with the creators. But yeah, hands up.
Just watched this movie and loved it! This movie will go with time as one of the best spooky/horror film of it's time, eventually grabbing it's audience and become a cult favorite just like Sixth Sense did. A Definite watch around Halloween time. Kudos to everybody involved in making this film.
"smash his head like it's the like button" you're wrong for that one💀
9:22 When I first watched the film and the scene where Mia described her dream came on I instantly knew how it was going to end by that point early on
The kangooroo at the beginning foreshadowed riley's injuries, and in the hospital the kangooroo walks away and riley is free. It's definitely the best disturbing movie of the year for me!
I think the "hand" represents drugs - like oxycontin, fentanyl or heroin. Mia's moms suicide letter also references drug abuse - and there's doubt if she really killed herself or it was an accidental overdose. Like in the 80's horror movies referenced sex as the big offender - Talk To Me uses drugs. Clever
Also! Jade's mom (which would've been a teenager in the 80's) was constantly after Jade and her boyfriend - trying to warn about having sex - never considering drugs to do more harm. Gen X Vs. Gen Z. Again, clever
@@Wolf83she does warn them about drugs. She asks if they're high or if they smoke (can't remember exactly what). She also says she "knew" that Mia had done drugs before.
@@Wolf83it doesn't represent "drugs" per se. It just represents addictive behavior.
This is correct. Danny and Michael Philippou have spoken about the influence for the hand on the Joe Rogan podcast. The hand was inspired by teen drug use at parties and how drugs affect everyone differently, hence each spirit being different every time. This then extends into the metaphor for schizophrenia, where if you hold the hand for too long, the demons will be with you forever. The demons are a representation of the real life struggle people with schizophrenia face with visual and auditory hallucinations, especially when they tell the individual to harm themselves or others. We also see delusional beliefs, which is another symptom of schizophrenia.
The mother looks like the wet/water ghost Riley talks/connects to. With similar wet/watery skin and the eyes and skin seem the same almost. This cannot be the mother as she didn't die in water, by water, or around water.
You touched on this with the rain/water link.
The mother is the first ghost
@@rhyno514 The mother was never involved. Even in Riley's possession it was an imitation so they would allow Riley to go over 90 seconds uninterrupted. Once the spirit had a firm grasp on him, it is when it attempted to kill him ASAP. The drowned ghost was most definitely not the mother either. The point of the father's letter is to show to the audience that the ghost was lying, but Mia couldn't cope with reality, so she only believed the version she wanted.
Seeing that her mom was wet and appeared bloated towards the end. I think I know exactly which spirit that is.
Thank you for sharing your interpretation of the film. This is the first time I’ve clicked an “ending explained” video and actually got an explanation of the movie rather than a full recap of the movie. So happy! Subscribed
YESSSS TALK TO ME REVIEW. Man I love this channel, look forward to every video and I expand my movie library based on the breakdowns on here
Thank you Johny, much love
about the water details mentioned around 3:00- in mia's mom's note, she mentions that it's raining the day she's writing it. crazy connections! great video!
Would there be any merit to the idea that the spirits had previously committed suicide? Makes the hell or purgatory-ish ‘lights out’ ending even more eerie. But we saw this fate quite a bit…Mia, Mia’s mother, Coles brother etc.
Glad you reviewed this. I saw it for Regal's Mystery Movie Monday like 6 weeks ago and i really did not understand the ending. Been waiting for this breakdown since!
Great timing! Watched this last night.
Thank you Paul.
Loved this movie (which I saw on a whim the day it came out). So happy you're doing a breakdown on it!
Loved this movie so much Paul. Thanks for the breakdown. 🥰
Loved your analysis. I would also like to add that I think the biggest theme about this movie is peer pressure. From the hand at the party to the ghosts manipulating Mia
Loved this movie and a wonderful breakdown. I really hope you do a breakdown of Beau is Afraid soon. It’s criminally underrated and I still don’t understand how no one’s talking about it
Yeah I definitely need to cover it
@@heavyspoilerspack a lunch! Ha.
@@heavyspoilersNOW not later, thanks
Someone did a good one on it i watched recently
Thank u for doing this. Love ure channel and was surprised u covered this movie I loved.
In the film, when a spirit enters the body it acts out how it died. In Riley’s case, Mia’s mum possessed Riley for the first 90 seconds but then the “evil man spirit” forced her out and that was when he acted the way he was when dying. Since it was already way over 90 seconds (2 minutes) the spirit was able to possess Riley longer and with that in mind, he attempted to kill him but failed. Mia was also possessed by the drowned evil spirit but she went along with a manipulative plan to get Mia’s soul. In the end, it was Mia’s fake mum (drowned evil spirit) that tried to first kill Riley for the other spirit and then kill Mia but it failed and only Mia died.
Riley also tried to kill himself when he was possessed (and again later) which is how Mia's mother died. I don't know how significant that is, as it does seem like Riley was possessed by that old guy.
Yeah yeah yeah great breakdown. Like, comment, and subscribed. Can we discuss the dog and the foot plz? I think there’s some deeper meaning behind those scenes.
Finally saw this movie yesterday and I loved it. I’m glad we finally get a good horror movie. Hope to see more movies from the same directors.
So glad you’ve finally broke this one down. I loved this movie!
I think you nailed most of the big points, and a movie like this really thrives in some of the contrast between light and dark, and pointing out the mirrors is a great bit of world building.
One thing I was curious to hear about is something they played with , which is age. They made a big deal about not letting someone of a certain age play, which just seems like a standard precaution but there is a blink and you miss is bit of baby eating in one scene. It makes me wonder if the spirits become euphoric when in the presence of someone really young, and if that contributed in their unwillingness to let him go.
which part of the movie?
@@LiAnt_the limbo scene
I must see this. Not only does the story sound brilliant, but seeing as how it touches on all the emotions I just finished researching in my Therapeutic Communications class, it is meow a must.
You kind of ruined it for yourself…..
@@kalencwil3924 I prefer spoilers. I typically like knowing as much about the movies as possible. Though I never even heard about this one till meow
I was hoping for a bit more depth in this analysis. I mean, it’s a synopsis of the movie, sure. But I feel like there’s so many possibilities to explore with Riley.
Like, what did Riley Actually see when he touched the hand? Was it really Mias mom? I think if it was, he would have immediately looked at Mia, or at least said something. Instead, whatever it was seemed to take his breath away, but there was a hint of recognition on his face. Because he never looked away. He didn’t even flinch. He almost seemed more confused than anything else. What would cause that reaction??
And the fact that, whatever it was, stayed after the seance; presumably because they forgot to blow out the candle, it was hell bent on mutilating and murdering Riley. I think because of this, it was decidedly Not Mia’s mother he saw, and perhaps a demon or evil spirit of some kind. Anybody else think about this? There’s so much to consider here
Thank you so much for covering this. Best movie if the year. Ive seen it three times so far.
Best breakdowns on CZcams. Thank you!
Thank you
There are two important points that this breakdown is missing: 1) the connection between Mia being unable to put Riley out of his misery and the kangaroo. 2) The central theme of loneliness, isolation and even touch-starvation. It's in the title of the movie. Mia lost her closest friend in her mom, then after Riley was hospitalized, she ended up with nobody she could talk to. Except the spirits.
The kangaroo comparison is mentioned at 7:23
For me there's a bigger meaning to this movie. Like let's imagine for a second those are not possessions, but drugs and Mia is actually going through the psychotic breakdown, bc she doesn't understand why her mom passed away. She suspect her committing a suicide but at the same time she doesn't understand how would ber mom left her like that. So in the process she starts to blame her dad. Then, if her father TALKED TO HER and have her a supportive hand when she needed it, maybe none of those would happen. But he didn't. And if you look basically at parents in the movie you'll notice they're not really parenting much. It's like trust teenagers are left to themselves. So there's a simple message actually, for the parents to talk with their kids before some strangers do this first (ghosts in the movie) or they will try to seek for other solutions on their own ( seeking alternative realities aka possessions).
If anyone watched Constantine lately will realise the water is the medium which lubricates the journey through hell “The mystic journey is often "lubricated" by immersion in water; in induces an altered state of consciousness in many cultures. It's particularly common in a kind of Jewish ritual magic/mysticism called merkaba.”
Phenomenal movie. Watched this with my daughter in a completely empty theater. It was a special experience. I believe this will be in conversations with the best horror movies of all time. And I know I'm not alone in that.
Don’t be a recency bias person bro. No doubt it was a really fun watch, and definitely one of the best horror L’s released in recent times, but I’m not sure about one of the Greatest of all time.
@@007Dirtysouthyea I think it’s overhyped to. Kinda like the black phone with Ethan hawke was to. It was good the final part was the weakest though
I saw IT part 1 in Alamo Drafthouse in an empty theater with red balloons used as decorations
@@watrpologuy4549the dialogue was also such a drag too; hope they improve in the sequel, the concept is great
Great timing. I just watched it the other night
This was a good movie I hope they do an pt 2 hopefully explain the background on the hand itself
I love the breakdown. Same with midsommar and hereditary as grieving doesn’t have a shortcut and they’re somewhat easily manipulated bc they still on their grief state. I also think the dad is healed, same with the first scene which he is stabbed his brother and later on we see him fully healed.
Saw this film three times in the theater and I absolutely love it! Excited to watch this video and see if I missed anything!
Me too!!!! What's your thought on the ending was she pushed or did she jump. I thought she jumped my first two times and thought she was pushed my third viewing.
@@mickdipiano8768 I think she was pushed.
@@mickdipiano8768i believe mia saved the kid and killed herself
I absolutely loved this film. Stunning work
I gave you a like for the "is that Éowyn?" 😊 I thought the same thing too when I saw this movie but when you just blurted it out it made me laugh
The elevator with the dad going up will always give me chills, it's a sign she's in purgatory, but not hell because she'll still have to get on to determine her destination.
This movie was too good. Im kind of upset they didn't smash the hand to see what was inside.
I notice that the light at the end that she see in the dark is because of the candle and the guy tells about other hand somewhere so maybe it shows inthe second one
Finally! Just watched this last week and its one of the best horror movies ive even seen.
Great movie. Probably my fav horror this year so far. An definitely one of my top films of the year!
You killed me woth yhat terry tibbs joke tho 😂😂😂
I'm just wondering what spirit Riley saw that shook him. Would have been crazy if it was like Mia after she died. But it would create a time paradox that I think people would not like.
It was the water lady, acting as mia's mom.
@@shan.69 I genuinely believe the spirit that possessed Riley was her mom. Cause the first thing she does is apologise to Mia. Which follows the note that the mom left. Mia hasn’t even read the note at the time so she could not be manipulated with what she thought she knew. And then every spirit after that was just something evil. Maybe the drowned lady. Another thing that supports that is the story told in by the spirit that initially possessed Riley was way different from the one told later on. Cause at first the mom apologizes for taking her life. And later the mom is saying the dad killed her and he’s covering up murdering her. Also we’re lead to believe that people who died can be contacted through the hand at the end when we see Mia actually be that spirit that gets contacted.
@@eskindermamo4178but it turned out that the note wasn’t real, it was made up by the spirits
@@AaBb-id1dm no the note was real. He showed her the note and after she got into her bedroom is where the spirits started messing with her
Yeah the first spirit that possessed Riley was actually Mias mom. That apology was genuine and tearfilled and was Mias mom apologizing for ending her own life.
Then it seems the evil spirit swiched from Mias mom to whatever the old man entity was that wanted Rileys soul. Mias moms spirit is never seen or heard from again after that first possession.😢 Its the drowned ladys ghost that takes over and imitates Mias mom all the way through.
My favorite thing about this movie, was that they revealed the big scary gimmick in the context of fun party thing where everyone is already aware of the horror and is not taking it seriously. That was awesome and really unique.
I absolutely loved the movie. I'm feeling so pampered as a Horror fan, we are getting so many horror movies this month and the next. I'm watching every movie I can in theaters and I'm planning to bench every single one during Halloween.
What were some other good ones? Any recommendations?
I didn't even expect to see the twins from a episode of Cold Ones be the ones making a dope ass movie ....That's the 1st time I came across them when they went with Chad and Max to some opal town haha.... Damn they blew me away
If I learned anything from Supernatural assuming these aren’t demons and just ghost possessions I’m running to the kitchen and grabbing the salt. The lighting that damn hand on fire.
Idk if you noticed the dad definitely died but he went to heaven cuz when he hoped on the elevator it was going up.
Probably best horror I've seen this year for sure
I gave it a 6 out of 10, which for horror movies may as well have been a 10/10. I was entertained with this one, especially the ending. Very surreal, and to bring up her missing reflection, very flavorful. The odd transition from her getting up from the road, to being back at the hospital, and to see time passing instantly (Riley being healed and leaving, same as her dad) was very tastefully done. To blackness, only to see a faint candlelight in the distance. Hit hard, and was a satisfying ending IMO
Foreshadowing the last scene of the movie with the first was really clever
Earlier in the film, they mentioned that there could be another hand out there. I think that’s the hand 🤚 cuz it doesn’t appear to have the signatures all over it.
This movie is ‘beyond’ horror - it does well to work with every essential trope in a subtle way for the most part, what was overwhelming for me was how authentic it was.
As an Aussie, I felt like these could have been my best friends in the way some of this is portrayed. The acting is so genuine & every single character gets their own story arc that’s fulfilled - such a good film.
I DIDNT NOT KNOW IT WAS MADE BY 2 CZcamsRS WOW. Best horror/pysch/spiritual movie in a long time 😮💨 ♡
Well you have a subscribe from me for that "smash the like button." Well played sir
If you slow down the moment when Mia dies, you can see that Jade pushes her into the street and then she gets hit. So I don’t think it was actually her sacrificing herself
Yeah! I saw that in Kennie J.D's review
Even if she realized at the end that the spirit was lying to her she couldn’t stop . She was too far gone at the point .
Great breakdown. Great film
Loved your breakdowns. I also personally felt like themes of the movie were definitely those of perpetual lonliness and solitude through not communicating honeslty. Most of the relationships in the movie feel stilted and rigid from lack of communication. Mia and Max, Jade and Daniel, Jade and her mom, Jade and Riley, Daniel and Mia and then this is paralleled by the main "talk to me" line with the ghosts. I really loved this movie
The movie is a metaphor for teenage drug use- while some teens come out of it unscathed, some are changed forever or worse; we see this play out in many ways: the possessions most commonly happen during parties, people feel peer pressure (or a desire for escape) that causes them to participate, a ritual is involved while using, the hand is passed from teen to teen like something illicit, and most importantly... possession changing someone's perception of reality to the point that they might harm themselves or others.
A great breakdown of a cracking wee movie
Rakka rakka said themselves that there’s a hidden something in one of the scenes near the end that explains a lot but idk what they are talking about. Was looking for a video to explain that but nobody has found it yet I guess.
Think you need to re look at the father at the end. The elevator he gets in goes up.
I don’t think the creators would have made it so obvious if he was just getting in the lift.
I believe this is saying he is going to heaven while she is stuck in the hand as a soul trapped there.
wow great point! when you get dismissed from a hospital, it's pretty rare for you to go up an elevator to go back to your car.
@@springroll58 The racka racka boys made it overly obvious that this was the direction he was travelling, if the hospital they were filming at actually did require him to go up, I don’t think they would have made it so obvious.
Very impressed with racka racka for this film. They really did well with it. I thought it would just but CZcamsr made film trying to make scary things on screen, but it actually seems like they’ve thought deeply on what the story is above the plot. Things like this are just examples of this.
My girlfriend doesn’t know who Racka Racka are and she loved it also.
There are intentions of making a sequel so I look forward to that.
that terry tibbs fonejacker reference had me rolling
Smashed his head like the like button... you just earned a like from me lol
They GOTTA do the 2nd movie from Mia’s perspective. A horror movie that follows the ghost would be dope.
I think the hand in the foreign country is just the other hand that they alluded to earlier in the movie. so the original hand is still on that pillow/window sill. and someone local will likely end up with it again for the second movie.
HAH i forgot about that. Yes the other hand is still in play, while the other one has a good chance of being destroyed given the events that happened.
It's not, because the alive person reaches out with the same hand as during the rest of the film. Would have been better if they used their other arm instead.