Bring Her Back Review – Sally Hawkins Is Sensationally Unhinged

Bring Her Back review – Sally Hawkins is sensationally unhinged

Two siblings discover their new foster mother isn't all she seems in Michael and Danny Philippou's gory horror.  Grief manifests in many ways, which is something Australian twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou have explored in their horror films by conjuring up exceptionally disturbing images of terror and violence. In their first film and A24 box office smash, Talk to Me, they explored loss from an adolescent perspective through the supern…

Bring Her Back (review) - grotesque and chilling with a well of empathy at its core

A far more streamlined outing than the Philippou Brothers’ previous, albeit still good, film, Bring Her Back uses its hair-raising setup and gross visuals to tell a story as deep as it is sensitive in its explorations of abuse, trauma, loss and the horrifying forms familial ties can take. Grief has been a thematic crux in many horrors since the birth of cinema, from Don’t Look Now to The Babadook and beyond. This may in part be due to the comple…