The Philippou brothers, known for their energetic horror debut 'Talk to Me', shift their focus in their follow-up 'Bring Her Back' to relate deeper themes of trauma and loss. While 'Talk to Me' was a cautionary tale about teenage recklessness, their new film dives into the complexities of human relationships with a supernatural twist. Led by impressive performance from Sally Hawkins as a foster mom, the film explores the darker sides of caregiving and emotional struggle, deviating from the playful anarchy seen in their previous works.
The horror genre has come to feel oversaturated with message films: artistically rendered stories that use scares less to frighten and more to manifest psychological or philosophical themes.
Yet their follow-up film, Bring Her Back, feels like a conscious swerve away from those roots. Gone is the sense of teen anarchy; instead, like so many other prestige horror movies, this is a story about relatable trauma and loss with a dark supernatural element.
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