With their feature directorial debut, Talk To Me, Danny and Michael Philippou — aka the YouTube duo formerly known as 'RackaRacka' — put a viral twi
With their feature directorial debut, Talk To Me, Danny and Michael Philippou — aka the YouTube duo formerly known as ‘RackaRacka’ — put a viral twist on possession horror, offering up an increasingly horrifying serving of high-energy embalmed hand hijinks that announced the arrival of a major fresh force in genre filmmaking. Now, having already staved in skulls and fried our noodles with their first joint, the Philippous look set to push the boundaries even further with secretive sophomore effort Bring Her Back, in which Sally Hawkins plays a grief-stricken mother whose trauma seems set to manifest in some unholy, possibly-reincarnation-related business with her fresh foster kids. Check out the unnerving fresh trailer below (if you dare):
“How did you cope with Cathy being gone?” an unnamed man asks Hawkins’ gaunt, raw-eyed mother at the start of this atmospheric fresh teaser. “I didn’t,” she replies. No kidding! In this plot-light, vibes-heavy latest look at the film, riddled with enough fuzzy camcorder footage, ominous creaks and groans, and shots of salt circles to guarantee we won’t be sleeping tonight, we see Hawkins adopt two kids (Sora Wong and Jonah Wren Phillips) who, alongside an elder third child (Emmy winner Billy Barratt), soon find themselves becoming part of a ritual they — and, in fairness, we — can’t comprehend. But one particular line — “Some people believe the spirit stays in the body for months after death” — gives a pretty good, pretty grim indication of where the Philippous are set to drag us this time around.
Billed as a ‘spiritual successor’ to Talk To Me (whose actual successor, Talk 2 Me, is still very much a thing), Bring Her Back already has the makings of another brutal yet beguiling Philippous production. Fans stateside can look forward to making contact with the other side when the movie hits theatres in America on 30 May. As for us over here in the UK, with no official release date confirmed as of yet, we’ll have to hold onto our ouija for now as we await further info. Fingers crossed we’ll get Bring Her Back soon — or at least before it gets us…
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