A24’s biggest horror hit has found a new home on a major streaming chart. The independent production company and film distributor was founded in 2012 and has since become a notable player, as marked by the fact that their sci-fi action movieEverything Everywhere All At Oncewon the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2023. In general,A24 moviesare known for their offbeat premises andauteurdirectors, which is a roster that includes Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), Sean Baker (The Florida Project), and Yorgos Lanthimos (The Killing of a Sacred Deer).
A24 horror moviesin particular are some of their most popular offerings.They became known for the genre thanks to their output in the mid to late 2010s, which includes Robert Eggers’The WitchandThe Lighthouse, Ari Aster’sHereditaryandMidsommar, and Jeremy Saulnier’sGreen Room. More recently, they have been behind genre offerings including the Hugh Grant religious thrillerHeretic, Ti West’s slasher trilogyX, Halina Reijn’s dark comedyBodies Bodies Bodies, and the new release horror-comedyDeath of a Unicorn.
Talk To Me Is Now Trending On Netflix
The A24 Horror Movie Was A Huge Success
2023’sTalk to Meis finding new success on Netflix. The Australian movie follows a grieving young woman (Sophie Wilde) who has a sinister experience with an embalmed hand that allows people to contact the dead. It was a hit,becoming A24’s highest-grossing horror movie by earning $91.9 million against its $4.5 million budget, in addition to tying withXas their highest-rated horror title on Rotten Tomatoes with a 94% score. That aggregated rating includes the 7 out of 10 score given to it byScreenRant’s own Mae Abdulbaki. Read an excerpt from herTalk to Mereviewbelow:
Talk to Me is every bit about grief as it is about being haunted. To that end, the film explores loss and the empty space it leaves behind following the death of a loved one. Mia is not alright, and the thrill of seeking out the dead — regardless of how scary it can be — sounds exciting. It allows her to feel things beyond heartache; it even makes her feel alive. The film gently handles Mia’s feelings, affording her the space to delve into her grief, while also showcasing the consequences of everyone’s actions. By the time the film concludes, viewers will walk away astounded by what they’ve just witnessed. It’s treacherous, gruesome, and heartbreaking all at once.
Netflixhas now calculated their chart of the Top 10 most-watched movies in the United States for the week of March 24 through March 30. Following its recent arrival on the streaming platform,Talk to Mehas debuted at No. 9 on the chart, beating out fellow A24 new arrivalHereditary, which is not in the Top 10 at all. It is the highest-ranking movie on the chart to have been released before 2024, with four of the eight titles above it being new Netflix originals. See the full chart below:
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What This Means For Talk To Me
The Movie’s Legacy Will Be Strong
The fact that the A24movie is still connecting with a wide audience two years after its original release shows that the it will have a lasting legacy that will potentially propel the success of theupcomingTalk to Me 2. The movie’s directors, Danny and Michael Philippou, also have a new horror movie coming out in May titledBring Her Back, whichcould benefit from their debut movie’s streaming resurgence. This is especially true because the Sally Hawkins-led movie boasts a similar premise, where two siblings' new foster mother participates in a strange ritual.
Bring Her Backalso stars Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, and Jonah Wren Phillips.
Itcould also have a similar effect on Sophie Wilde’s career. The breakout star has already followedTalk to Meby playing executive assistant Esme opposite Nicole Kidman in A24’s 2024 erotic dramaBabygirl, and she will also be starring opposite Tom Cruise, John Goodman, and Jesse Plemons in the untitled 2026 Alejandro González Iñárritu movie. However, she won’t be playing another lead role until theupcoming video game adaptationWatch Dogs, in which she co-stars with Tom Blyth. This resurgence of interest in her horror movie could help remind viewers that she is a viable lead in the meantime.
Our Take On The Talk To Me Streaming Success
It Comes At The Perfect Time
Talk to Me’s Netflix success could also potentially act as a balm for the subgenre of A24 horror in general. Although there have always been ups and downs for the company,their recent horror output has had a particularly grim critical and commercial reception. This began with the 2024 release ofThe Front Room, which was met with nearly matching scores of 41% and 42% from critics and audiences respectively on Rotten Tomatoes. Additionally, when it debuted that September, it earned the worst wide release opening weekend across the entire horror genre for the year up to that point.
The Front Roomwas the directorial debut of Max and Sam Eggers, the brothers of Robert Eggers.
This downward trend forA24continued when their Ayo Edibiri and John Malkovich-led horror-thrillerOpusdebuted in March 2025 with one of the worst wide release opening weekends across any genre throughout history, earning just $1.033 million in 1,764 theaters after earning a Rotten Tomatoes score of 42%. Their new movieDeath of a Unicornis performing slightly better with a 54% score and a $5.8 million debut, butthere is still significant room for improvement, and the Netflix performance ofTalk to Meat least keeps the subgenre afloat in the meantime.
Talk to Me
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While trying to cope with the death of her mother, Mia (Sophie Wilde) becomes enthralled with an embalmed hand that can conjure spirits. While Mia and her group of friends get a thrill out of communicating with spirits, things go too far when Mia doesn’t close the door to the other side.
