Go behind the scenes of A24’s Talk To Me with makeup artist Bec Buratto, Prosthetic Artists Paul Katte and Nick Nicolaou. We break down Riley’s demon possession scene, Mia’s possession scene and working with Sophie Wilde, deleted scenes and characters from the film, the hell scene, practical effects vs CGI in horror films, the Talk To Me ending, creating the look and design for all the demons in the film, Talk To Me 2 and MUCH more!!
This interview does contain SPOILERS for the film. Have you seen Talk to Me? Leave your reaction and thoughts below and hope you guys enjoy!!
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Time Stamps
:46- 7:28 The beginning stages of Talk to Me
7:29- 10:14 discussing the initial demon possession scenes
10:15- 13:36 coming up with the demon concepts
13:37-22:50 Stages of Riley’s Demon Possession Scene
22:51- 29:46 Talk to Me’s Audience Reception
29:47- 36:18 Working with RackaRacka
36:19-40:48 Creating Mia’s look and working with Sophie Wilde
40:49-43:04 Talk to Me Ending
43:05- 45:14 The MAIN demon of Talk To Me, deleted scenes
45:15- 57:00 Hell Sequence extended, deleted scenes
57:01- 1:03:14 favorite looks/designs from the movie
1:03:15- 1:11:44 How they wanted their work to stand out from other possession/demon horror movies
1:11:45 1:12:48 the “sad man”, missing characters, Mia’s journey to Hell
1:12:49- 1:15:46 Kangaroo Scene
1:15:47- 1:27:37 Overall experience working on Talk to Me
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