On June 6, A24 launched the promotional website Black Angel Tapes, meant as an artifact from the shared world of Danny and Michael Philippou’s horror movies Talk to Me and Bring Her Back. Both movies feature creepy artifacts that lead characters to communicate with otherworldly spiritual entities, and Black Angel Tapes is meant to be the website where the characters found those items.
In an interview with Polygon, the Philippous confirmed that Bring Her Back and Talk to Me take place in the same universe, and said they’re probably going to set all their horror movies there. (Though they are taking on unconnected projects: their next film is a documentary about deathmatch wrestling, due out later in 2025.)
“It’s a website you can visit where [Bring Her Back character] Laura purchased this tape from,” Danny Philippou told Polygon via video. “It’s sort of like a dark-web-feeling marketplace where they sell all these fucked-up occult items. That’s something we’re working on now, in between press stuff.”
The site is fairly simple — it’s mostly mock sale listings for items like “Trapped Soul,” or videotapes like “SLEEP WATCHING DEMON SLOWLY EATS GIRL,” with grainy images or short video clips. Some of these items have the kinds of comment threads you might see on a sales site, with people discussing the item, asking questions, arguing with each other, bidding, or complaining about scams. One buyer is looking for the possession-inducing plaster hand — supposedly the mummified hand of a medium — at the center of Talk to Me. (A24’s merch shop sells a version of the hand that doubles as a “smoking device.”) The Bring Her Back tapes, detailing a creepy occult ritual that figures into the movie’s plot, are listed as “Tari Resurrection Tapes,” and the listing includes footage seen in the movie.
Notably, you can’t actually buy any of these items through the site. Why? The site FAQ — by far the most detailed part of the website, laced with a straight-faced humor that makes it worth the visit — explains:
Because you’re too early — or exactly on time. The marketplace breathes in phases. Right now, it watches. The “make offer” links are placeholders. Empty doors. They will remain broken until certain signals align. We are not open for commerce. We are open for attention. Browse. Study. Obsess. The items are real. The energy is already leaking. When the system awakens, those who paid attention will be first through the gate. The offer is not yours to make — yet.
If you do visit the site, be sure to check out the listing for “Evil Blood.” Humor doesn’t play a huge part in the Philippous’ dark, grim, extremely gory movies, but the promise of blood from “the world’s worst” convicts — “the bigger the offer the more evil the blood” — is pretty funny. If the Philippous intend to tie their future horror movies together through this website, here’s hoping the evil blood plays a part at some point.
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