A debut horror film from newcomer directors dubbed ’emotionally brutal’ and ‘terrifying’ is available to stream ahead of their chilling follow-up, released this month.
Bring Her Back is the second film from Michael and Danny Philippou, better known as YouTubers RackaRacka, with more than six million subscribers.
The film is released on July 26, telling the story of two step-siblings placed into foster care following the death of their father, who discover a terrifying ritual in the secluded home of their new family.
It already holds an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has been hailed as ‘depraved’ and ‘disturbingly tense’ from early screenings.
But before Bring Her Back comes to terrify audiences, horror fans can watch the brothers’ first film, Talk To Me, on Netflix.
While Bring Her Back is not a sequel to Talk To Me, they both boast interesting ruminations on grief, not to mention plenty of nerve-shredding sequences.
Released in 2023, Talk To Me focuses on Mia (Sophie Wilde), a teenager navigating loss following the death of her mother.
She attends a party with her best friend Jade (Alexandra Jensen), where the group uses a mysterious embalmed hand to contact the dead.
Mia becomes obsessed with the phenomenon, which has terrifying consequences for the entire group.
Talk To Me proved a hit at the time of its release, grossing a whopping $92 million (£67.7M) on a budget of just $4.5M (£3.3M), becoming A24’s highest-grossing horror film.
The film has a whopping 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics’ consensus reading: ‘With a gripping story and impressive practical effects, Talk to Me spins a terrifically creepy 21st-century horror yarn built on classic foundations.’
In their review, AV Club wrote: ‘Though it leans on familiar genre tropes and stylistic conventions, a devastating script and charismatic cast (spearheaded by Sophie Wilde) make Talk To Me a terrifying and pervasively heartbreaking tale of grief.’
RogerEbert.com said: ‘Danny and Michael Philippou’s Talk to Me cleverly imagines a deadly craze that would easily sweep a generation—this horror movie’s plausibility is one of the freakiest things about it.’
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Battleship Pretension said Talk To Me will ‘inhabit your very being’, while InSession Film went as far as to laud it as ‘one of the most important films in the realm of independent horror.’
‘Talk to Me is uncompromising and emotionally brutal, it’s gross and smart, and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since I saw it,’ Nashville Scene added.
FlickDirect said Talk To Me was one of ‘2023’s best horror films’ a sentiment echoed by many at the time of its release and in the years that have followed.
Talk To Me is available to stream on Netflix. Bring Her Back is released in cinemas on July 26
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