Horror always wins! New proof with “The Hand” which, in addition to a prequel already filmed, will be entitled to a sequel whose American title has been revealed. With a pun.
We will not necessarily speak of a phenomenon. Especially next to Barbie’s neon pink wave. But with more than 26 million dollars worldwide (except in Kuwait where its release was cancelled) for a budget of 4.5, The Hand is one of the great successes of the summer.
And the proof, while Insidious 5 signed the highest score of the franchise, in France and in the rest of the world, that horror is still a recipe in cinemas. Enough to have more ideas on the side of the Philippou brothers, directors of La Main, entitled Talk to Me in VO? Absolutely.
A few days ago, the filmmakers revealed that they had shot a prequel centered on the events of the opening scene, seen through mobile phones and social networks (like the films Searching and Missing), without specifying where the result would be visible.
Today, the company A24 (which distributed the film without having produced it) announces the start of a sequel whose American title will be: Talk 2 Me. ‘Atlantic, unless the feature film is called A 2 hands, or even 2 hands never die. Which seems unlikely.
SND Sophie Wilde in “The Hand”
Another mystery: what will this film be about? We will have to wait to know the answer, but Danny Philippou revealed to Deadline that the idea of putting the cover back was not new:
“We have written [La Main] for so long, with lots of rewrites, that we couldn’t help but imagine other scenes where other characters experience those hands, the continuation of the hero story. There is room for a sequel.”
While waiting to discover its plot and its release date, you can get to know The Hand in theaters. A horrifying nugget, the most terrifying film of the summer in which teenagers discover that they can summon spirits using an embalmed hand. At their own risk.