Movies and TV Shows I Loved in 2023
The theme of the year was horror, apparently.
The theme of the year was horror. Depending on how you define it between seven and nine of the eleven items on this list are in the horror genre.
In a way, this is a return to form for me. I’ve always loved horror, but I’ve been reaching for it more and more often over the past year. A couple of the games I loved and many of my favorite reads from the past year are also horror — a genre that is oddly comforting to me, providing a safe space for processing my stress.
Talk to Me
In Talk to Me (directed by Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou), a group of teens gather to play a game of ghosts. The game begins with a one of the teens sitting before a strange porcelain hand, which they take in their own and say, “Talk to me,” which allows them to then welcomes in the ghost for a brief possession — a thrilling experience akin to being high. However, the supernatural parlor trick grows deadly when it’s taken too far and they accidentally allow the ghosts to linger for too long, particularly when Mia (Sophie Wilde) becomes deeply entangled in her communication with…
