Australian brothers Danny and Michael Philippou made waves on film Twitter and with horror diehards alike in 2022 with the release of their first feature, Talk to Me . Their newest, Bring Her Back , heightens their uncompromising approach by fusing the requisite scares with a sober drama about two colliding broken families. After Andy and Piper’s father dies unexpectedly, the stepsiblings are thrown into Australia’s foster care system and placed in the care of Laura, played by Sally Hawkins. As Laura, Hawkins deploys her signature bohemian kookiness to great effect, masking her deeply deranged behavior. Laura also fosters a strange, mute boy named Oliver. As the neglected, catatonic boy, preteen actor Jonah Wren Phillips stands out, his sheer oddness serving as a pivot point for the en

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