A horror film that was so disturbing it left some viewers fainting in cinemas is now available to stream from the comfort of home.
Following the success of their 2022 debut Talk to Me, twins Danny and Michael Philippou returned last year with the movie Bring Her Back.
Set in the outer suburbs of the Australian city of Adelaide, the film kicked off with teenager Andy (Billy Barratt) and his legally blind sister Piper (Sora Wong) facing the sudden death of their father.
With Andy just a few months away from being able to legally care for his sister, they are temporarily placed in a foster home with Laura (Sally Hawkins), who is already caring for Oliver (Jonah Wren Phillips), who is mute after also losing his family in tragic circumstances.
It quickly emerges she’s completely unhinged and obsessed with the occult, with the siblings then facing a string of shocking events. As the synopsis teased, the film was about ‘grief and resurrection’.
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However some of the sequences proved so terrifying, some people were left passing out while watching.
During an interview on The Project about their ‘heart-pounding and terrifying’ film, the brothers revealed the extreme reactions some people were already having when watching.
‘We’ve had three faintings at the screenings,’ Danny admitted.
Meanwhile a Reddit user even revealed the movie was so shocking they ‘almost threw up in the car park’.
For those brave enough for a rewatch – or to tune in for the first time – this week it premiered on Sky Cinema.
With an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has plenty of fans.
‘Bring Her Back captures the darkness and fear of losing someone, all while making one of the year’s best horror films. It’s that mixture, like with Talk to Me, that makes Danny and Michael Philippou two of the most exciting filmmakers in the genre,’ Collider wrote in its review.
‘The film has a white-hot nerve of pain running inside it that burns right through the screen,’ Slant commented.
‘Supernatural fidgeting aside, Bring Her Back doubles down on its predecessor’s willingness to punish the innocent. I’m beginning to think that the Philippous don’t just want to shatter our nerves: They want to break our hearts,’ The New York Times added.
Meanwhile, viewers called it ‘disturbing’, ‘captivating’ and a ‘must-watch’.
Running at 1 hour, 39 minutes, Bring Her Back also stars Sally-Anne Upton, Stephen Phillips, Mischa Heywood, Liam Damons and Olga Miller.
Other films to stream this week
Iron Mask – Now streaming on Amazon Prime Video
Starring Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Iron Mask follows an English traveller who enters China on his way to the Russian Far East and makes breathtaking discoveries, while also coming across deadly martial arts masters and encountering, of course, a dragon.
Shadow Force – Now streaming on Amazon Prime Video
This action-packed film stars Kerry Washington and Omar Sy as an estranged couple with a bounty on their heads. They find themselves on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, which happens to be a team of shadow ops who have been tasked with the mission of killing them.
War Machine – Now streaming on Netflix
The action sci-fi is set during the final stage of US Army Ranger selection, and follows an elite team’s training exercise as it turns into a fight for survival against a threat. Starring Dennis Quaid, Alan Ritchson and Jack Patten.
I Swear – Streaming on Netflix from March 10
The film that saw Robert Aramayo win his best actor Bafta, I Swear is based on the real-life story of John Davidson, who grew up in Scotland with a society lacking understanding of his Tourette syndrome.
After being made on a budget of $15million (£7million), the film grossed $39.1million (£20million).
In an interview with Metro ahead of Bring Her Back’s cinematic release, the Philippou brothers discussed one of the film’s infamously visceral scenes.
In Metro’s review, it was described as ‘disturbing and stomach-churning’.
When questioned about the inspiration for the gore, Danny declared: ‘I thought of it. I’m pretty proud of myself, actually.
‘It’s always tapping into things that make you uncomfortable, make you personally cringe. And like, metal on teeth was always such a thing. And so it has always spawned from what is making me uncomfortable. And I think what also helped, in terms of the practical element, trying to pull it off practically, was the sound design of it.
‘It was literally me chewing on a knife. So that’s the sound that people hear, and that’s why I feel it is so like, “Oh, what the…”.’
He added that other nauseating noises in the film were also created by him, getting creative with the sound department.
‘Even with the wood chewing, like our sound designer was just recording me chewing on bench tops and things like that. That’s why you can’t fake the sound. Sometimes you have to send it.’
Bring Her Back is streaming on Now and is available to purchase on Sky Store, Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV Plus.
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