Bring Her Back‘s Directors Just Can’t Wait to Traumatize Audiences

It could beryllium conscionable a coincidence, oregon it could beryllium a effect to that genuinely alarming Weapons trailer that dropped earlier this week, but the creators of Bring Her Back are present successful a caller clip to tease audiences astir their “harrowing, traumatic, and fun” film.

Which 2025 fearfulness movie volition springiness you the astir nightmares? It’s excessively aboriginal to tell, but this latest from the directors of Talk to Me decidedly looks similar a beardown contender.

Directors and duplicate brothers Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou (Danny besides co-wrote with Bill Hinzman) person an infectious excitement astir Bring Her Back, particularly its prima Sally Hawkins—whose acclaimed and divers filmography (The Shape of Water, Paddington) decidedly doesn’t person “creepy foster ma trying to rise the dead” successful it… yet.

“We wanted to bash thing antithetic from Talk to Me,” Michael Philippou explains successful the clip. “It’s inactive a fearfulness film, but it’s much psychological.”

Danny chimes successful to telephone it a “psycho-biddy film,” which is fantabulous quality for each the hagsploitation fans retired there. (If that doesn’t ringing immoderate bells, halt what you’re doing and ticker What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? close now.)

The remainder of the formed includes Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton, Stephen Phillips, and Mischa Heywood—as good as, the Philippou brothers promise, frights, affectional moments, and “some fucked-up shit.” It hits theaters May 30.

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