Unflinching Back pushes viewer to the limit

The Philippou Broth ers’ Bring Her Back is likely to be a divisive film, primarily because it’s so well-made. Like their impressive 2022 debut, Talk to Me, it pulls no punches where its violent content is concerned, yet what makes it resonate is its emotional pull. A bracing examination of grief, Back takes the theme of W.W. Jacobs’ The Monkey’s Paw and Stephen King’s Pet Sematary and pushes it to its breaking point, the directors daring the viewer to stick it out until its heart-breaking climax. Not for the casual viewer, this is for horror film aficionados, and even they will likely be watching most of it through their fingers.

Shocking examples of death abound, the first being that of stepsiblings Andy (Billy Barratt) a

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