- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- May 28, 2025 (2 months ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Australia
- Genres
- Supernatural & Paranormal
- Production companies
- Causeway Films · RackaRacka · Salmira Productions · South Australian Film Corporation
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rating
- R
Bring Her Back

Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Sally HawkinsLaura
Billy BarrattAndy
Olga MillerMacia
Jonah Wren PhillipsOliver
Sally-Anne UptonWendy
Stephen PhillipsPhil
Sora WongPiper
Liam DamonsIsaiah
Kathryn AdamsAnna
Mischa HeywoodCathy
Brian GodfreyIvan
Brendan BaconAnton
Alina BellchambersConstable Kiera Gray
Vicky LiaoPolicewoman
Nicola TieleBerta
Frances CassarKatrina
Asha O'ConnellNaomi
Arianny RossKimmy
Amya MollisonSamantha
Keith WarriorFuneral Guest
Ryan Linton BrownTari Demon
Nathan O'KeefeDoctor
Nikou JavadiNurse
Ben JacobsReal Oliver
Sophie WildeMiddle Aged Mum
Kira WongYoung Piper
Luana PoheDCP Receptionist
Jessie PriftiDCP Single Mum
Alexander PriftiDCP Waiting Kid
Scott MillsDCP Security
Kahran MckenzieDCP Security
Bree PetersGoalball Coach
Ruth Natalie FallonYoung Woman 1
Helene PhilippouYoung Woman 2
Elana LipapisGirl From Car Who Doesn't Get Seen
Calum ScrivensSargeant Jai Lauder
Crew
Producers
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>
Reviews
Sally Hawkins leads a visceral domestic nightmare in order to Bring Her Back Danny and Michael Philippou conjure a grim fairy tale with Bring Her Back, with an unforgettable Sally Hawkins at the center.
Review: Bring Her Back - Chicago Reader Danny and Michael Philippou's Bring Her Back is horrific perfection, sure to be one of the bleakest films of the year.
Review: In ‘Bring Her Back,’ Sally Hawkins gives foster moms a bad name The new movie from the Philippou twins is a psychologically twisted example of the trapped-in-a-house horror subgenre.
Bring Her Back is a disturbing possession horror – read the Empire Review Talk To Me directors Danny and Michael Philippou return with a possession horror starring Sally Hawkins. Read the Empire review.
‘Bring Her Back’ Review: Sally Hawkins Is a Haunted Mother in Philippou Brothers’ Disturbing and Melancholic Follow-Up to ‘Talk to Me’ In their second feature, the Australian directing duo explore how grief drives people to behave in ways bordering on the unimaginable.
‘Bring Her Back’ Review: Sally Hawkins Is Psychotically Good in Yet Another Horror Movie About Grief Sally Hawkins deserves kudos for 'Bring Her Back,' but Danny and Michael Philippou's A24 horror movie is a rote genre spin on grief. Review.
Bring Her Back will shock you - Sally Hawkins is brilliantly unnerving Talk To Me's Philippou brothers return with a film about grief and trauma that is designed to provoke but not inspire
Bring Her Back review: Sally Hawkins weaponises her Paddington-mom screen persona in this gorily audacious horror Latest iteration of A24’s ‘grief is the real horror’ subgenre leans heavily on body horror to drive emotion
Bring Her Back ... ghoulishly registers as a mediation on the madness of grief.
Review: 'Bring Her Back,' about sad orphans in danger, is alive with nasty, visceral thrills New horror whiz kids Danny and Michael Philippou follow up their A24 success “Talk to Me” with another dynamic and brutal take on grief — they throw a ...
Bring Her Back Review: A24's Horror Movie Is Not For The Faint Of Heart - Looper "Bring Her Back" is the feel-bad horror movie of the summer — take that as either recommendation or warning.
Bring Her Back review – Sally Hawkins is sensationally unhinged From the very opening scene, which shows grainy VHS footage of a gross occult ceremony to the suspicious behaviour of foster mum Laura (Sally Hawkins)…
Bring Her Back Is a Daunting Exercise in Unpleasantness Bring Her Back features outstanding performances from Sally Hawkins and its child actors, but can't escape from a quagmire of deeply derivative ennui.
Bring Her Back If, going in to Bring Her Back, one wasn’t aware thatthe directors were the Australian brother team of Danny and Michael Philippou,it wouldn’t be a hard ...
Bring Her Back movie review & film summary (2025) “Bring Her Back” is fairly successful at dropping jaws.
Movie Review: “Bring Her Back” — Horror One Suffers Through rather than Relishes It’s not a blanket condemnation to say I could not wait for “Bring Her Back,” the excruciating new film from the co-directors of “Talk to Me,” to c...
'Bring Her Back' Proves the 'Talk to Me' Guys Aren't One-Hit Wonders The sibling duo behind the A24 horror hit return with a follow-up that's smarter, nastier — and far scarier.
‘Bring Her Back’ review: Sally Hawkins delivers ‘unspeakable evil’ for the Philippou Brothers The follow up to 'Talk To Me' features the British actor as a malevolent foster mother
'Bring Her Back' Review: A Soul-Sick Portrait of Grief Danny and Michael Philippou's 'Bring Her Back' has a white-hot nerve of pain running inside it that burns right through the screen.
Bring Her Back Review: The Feel-Bad Horror Movie Of 2025 Will Make You Squirm - SlashFilm Bring Her Back, the latest horror movie from A24 and the directors of Talk To Me, is extremely disturbing. Here's our review.
I watched it between my fingers: Bring Her Back reviewed The Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou started off as YouTubers known for their comically violent shorts – Ronald McDonald Chicken Store Massacre...
Bring Her Back review: Sally Hawkins will scare you to hell in horror film of 2025 The makers of Talk to Me, Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou, have returned with a movie that raises the terror game to frightening new levels
Sally Hawkins weaponises her niceness in the thrilling Bring Her Back – review The directors of the A24 horror smash ‘Talk to Me’ have returned with a film that’s even bolder and even squelchier
The Muddled Message of ‘Bring Her Back’ The new horror movie is best when it’s not trying to say something.
The Resurrection Nightmare That Will Haunt Your Dreams The directors of “Talk to Me” return with “Bring Her Back,” a grander and grimmer horror tale than their last breakout hit.
Bring Her Back Review: An Anxiety-Inducing Triumph of Horror Horror movies explicitly tackling grief are hardly a recent development, but it’s difficult to argue against the fact that we’ve seen this theme exploite...
Review: Australian horror Bring Her Back is a genuinely evil movie, which is a good thing Feels less like a movie than a finely tuned instrument of doom, where evil has been concentrated into an exceptionally and impressively nasty 104 minutes
‘Bring Her Back,’ the new horror film by the creators of ‘Talk to Me,’ is grotesque yet emotionally affecting Australian brothers Danny and Michael Philippou's follow-up to their sleeper hit explores the jagged, double-edged nature of parental love.
Don’t ask what Sally Hawkins keeps in the freezer Bring Her Back is a modern-day Hansel and Gretel horror story — and the Oscar-winning actress is its secret weapon. Plus, The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Bring Her Back review — Sally Hawkins is a great horror villain Danny and Michael Philippou’s latest movie is silly and convoluted in places, but the star actress makes it work
‘Bring Her Back’ Review: Sally Hawkins Horrifies in A24's Tale of Death and Abuse The Oscar-nominated star plays a foster mother with unholy plans for her kids in the second film from the directors of "Talk to Me"
‘Bring Her Back’ Review: Sally Hawkins Is Chillingly Creepy as a Foster Mother From Hell in the Philippous’ Terrifying Follow-Up to ‘Talk to Me’ In their disturbing horror film about a foster mother from hell, Danny and Michael Philippou create a domestic nightmare that gets under your skin.
It’s a Lot of Fun to Watch Sally Hawkins Go Evil The actress both powers and unbalances Bring Her Back, the Philippou brothers’ messy, ambitious follow-up to Talk To Me.
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