Bring Her Back (May 30th, 2025)

A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.

Directors: Danny and Michael Phillippou (previously of Talk to Me)
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips

 

Saw this last night, figured I'd make a thread for discussion.

 

How was it? I actually thought Talk to Her was rather mediocre even though I adored the premise and loved the spirit scenes.

 

I think the premise less immediate than Talk To Me, but better execution. They’re similar tone wise but this is definitely darker and has more fucked up svenes.

 

Agreed I also thought Talk to Me was mediocre and def thought this was superior. Found this to be more upsetting and even though they withhold a lot more in terms of understanding the rules, I thought this premise more functional than their previous movie.

 

I really enjoyed Talk to Me but will echo what others have said in that this was a more well executed film I think. I also love the open-ended nature and ambiguity of some of the main plot. It is also very heavy and dark and grim - much more so than Talk to Me was.

 

Talk To Me has that whole goofing around montage that lightens it a bit. The closest this one has is a little cleaning up montage, I think they like a tonal break but it’s less drastic.

Talk To Me doesn’t have great use of a Veronicas song either.