The embalmed hand in Talk to Me (2023)
While more of an adult party game than an outright toy, the Talk to Me hand is something you’d never want to play with—especially not while drunk. The gray, embalmed hand isn’t just some parlor trick but a gateway to the afterlife. Simply grasping it and saying, “Talk to me,” allows the player to communicate with a dead person, while saying, “I let you in,” lets them completely take over the player’s body.
For a spirit to fully inhabit a player, they must completely surrender every part of their consciousness. You have only ninety seconds to break the connection by pulling your hand away and blowing out the candle before the spirit binds itself to you forever. The short window of time, combined with the harrowing and sometimes violent glimpses they may receive of the spirit’s past life, makes the adrenaline-fueled parties in Talk to Me incredibly dangerous.
