US EditionMovie Review: 'Bring Her Back'
- The Phillipou brothers directed Bring Her Back, a 2023 Australian horror film about recently orphaned stepsiblings Andy and Piper placed in foster care with a grieving mother named Laura.
- Following their father’s sudden death, Andy and Piper face growing tension as Laura performs a Satanic ritual to resurrect her dead daughter, which leads to escalating violence and horror.
- Billy Barratt stars as Andy, a teenager preparing for guardianship of Piper, who is partially sighted and played by Sora Wong, and Sally Hawkins portrays the foster mother Laura with intense complexity.
- Critics note the film’s unsettling mix of grief, body horror, and occult elements, praising Hawkins' performance for its 'ferocity that is breathtaking' while acknowledging the film’s bleak, disturbing tone.
- Bring Her Back received generally positive but not unanimous praise, with reviewers emphasizing its intensity and the Philippou brothers’ continued exploration of discomforting horror themes.
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Bring Her Back’s directors unpack the movie’s most horrifying scene
There’s a scene in Bring Her Back, the latest A24 horror movie from Talk To Me writer-directors (and twin brothers) Danny and Michael Philippou, that’s so violently grotesque, I actually closed my eyes to shut it out. Trying to deny what was going on on the screen just made what was going on in the theater more vivid: The moans and gags of squeamish disgust coming from the audience were almost as loud as the sound effects coming from the movie. …
<em>Bring Her Back</em>: Blind Faith
Where much of Australia’s film industry is centered in the big cities on the country’s east coast, Danny and Michael Philippou proudly represent South Australia. The twin brothers set and filmed their debut horror film Talk to Me in that state’s capital city of Adelaide, and now they’ve gone to the city’s suburb of Leawood Gardens for Bring Her Back. The area itself is unremarkable, but the brothers want us to know that they developed their craf…
Bring Her Back Ending Explained: Does the Horror Movie Have a Major Twist?
Let's make this simple: You want to know if there are any post- or mid-credits scenes in Bring Her Back. The answer is no, there are none.Warning: The rest of this article contains full spoilers for Bring Her Back.After making a distinct impression with their critically and commercially successful 2023 debut feature Talk To Me, all eyes were on twin filmmakers Danny and Michael Phillipou as they prepared their next project. That wound up being B…
Breaking Baz: ‘Bring Her Back’ Star Billy Barratt Says He Performed Best In The Horror Pic After Being Locked Alone In A Room Without His Phone
EXCLUSIVE: Billy Barratt, star of Danny and Michael Philippou’s grippingly intense, dark and twisted Bring Her Back, was able to get into the mood for horror by being locked alone in a room, he reveals. Brit actor Barratt, 17, who also plays Casper Morrow, one of the few humans able to communicate with the alien invaders in […]
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