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From YouTube to Street Fighter: How DIY Directors Made 2023’s Scariest Movie

Danny and Michael Philippou saved the best for last. But watching their new film, you’d never know it.

When filming their feature debut, A24’s buzzy new horror Talk to Me, the Australian twin brothers knew they needed something big to immediately hook viewers in.

“That first scene is integral to let the audience know whether or not they should trust you on this journey of telling your film," Michael Philippou tells Inverse.

For Danny and Michael, best known for their YouTube channel RackaRacka (a showcase for impressive DIY’d special effects and stunts), it was also a chance to prove they could go from viral videos to A24 filmmakers, which is why they filmed that oner last even though it’s the very first scene in Talk to Me.

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