Directors: Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou
Actors: Billy Barrat, Sora Wong, Sally Hawkins, Jonah Wren Phillips
Genre: Horror / Drama
Rating: MA
‘Bring Her Back’ is a slow-reveal horror, directors the Philippou
brothers once again finding the darkness in the Adelaide hills, following their
first film ‘Talk To Me’. We follow teenagers Piper (Wong), who’s mostly blind,
and her brother Andy (Barrat) as they’re placed in foster care with Laura (Hawkins
from ‘The Shape of Water’), and her other adopted son, Oliver (Phillips). Somethings
not quite right from the outset, but it is a bit hidden to start with and is
only unsettling for the first 40min or so.
The backstory is slowly given to us in glimpses, and Hawkins
does well to make Laura not an evil mastermind, but rather just a terribly-misguided
grieving mother. All the actors are superb, with Andy and Piper being making you
really care about them and Oliver having one of the best blank stares you’ll ever
see. That said, there’s a few really gruesome scenes that the camera doesn’t shy
away from and make you squirm – they’ll definitely stick with me!
It's a pretty tight 1 hour 40min, and while the body count
isn’t too high, the tension and shocks/grossness of most of the final 40min are
very well done and make this a pretty unique Aussie horror film. The ending is
mostly satisfying – looking forward to seeing what the brothers do next.
Overall: Memorable horror mystery
Gav’s Rating: 3.5 stars
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