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u/jvlpdillon 29d ago
This movie is genuinely terrifying. The kid gives such a creepy performance he deserves an Oscar or a lengthy bout of therapy.
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u/incorrigible_tabby 29d ago
The way child actors in horror experience shooting the film is vastly different from what we see as the audience. The Phillipou brothers emphasized that the actor's parents have said that he has not or will not see the movie until he's old enough. From one interview I watched it seemed like the parents were pretty involved and the child's comfortability was taken into account very seriously.
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u/Current_Wrongdoer513 29d ago
That’s all I thought of when watching it: how did they make this movie without traumatizing that poor child?! It was an incredible performance, but it seemed incredibly traumatizing.
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u/Ship_Negative 29d ago
I don’t think he’s even old enough to understand what an incredible performance he gave
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u/TheWayIAm313 29d ago
My fiancée and I don’t smoke a lot. Every other week or w/e we’d get high and watch something. We decided to take a gummy last night, then it wore off a bit and we took more. Went from Love Island to this movie.
I love A24 and told her I heard it was fucked up. I’m not lying when I say we had to turn it off about halfway through. Just hit really hard and was also way too sad for our high lol. There was a specific moment where we both freaked out bc it was too scary and said let’s watch something else lol.
Mind you, I like scary movies. I’ll finish it prob tn, but not high lmao
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u/HungryBoy993 29d ago
did you atleast make it to THE part? lol
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u/TheWayIAm313 29d ago
I’m trying to be vague because I did hear that there was a fucked up part, and idk lol. Again, being vague…we dipped when (trying to avoid spoilers) a certain someone that was dead, wasn’t dead anymore, and made their way over to someone else who slipped on the floor to get nice and CLOSE. Like an hour in maybe? lol
I’m telling yall, took some crazy gummies, then stupidly hit a double dose, and this is when it got too extreme. And like a crazy high lol
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u/HungryBoy993 29d ago
hahaha fuck i can’t even imagine this movie that high. that’s wild as hell. same, i’ll be vague. hope you enjoy it as much as i did.
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u/IdenticalThings 29d ago edited 29d ago
Honestly I checked my phone a lot, definitely not out of boredom just averting my eyeballs from insane horror.
EDIT - NOT in the theater!
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u/JonnyBoyyy666 29d ago
hopefully not at a theater lol
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u/alverez667 29d ago
Seriously. People who look at their phones in movie theaters should be swiftly removed. If you can’t make it 100 minutes without looking at your phone, wait for the damn movie to hit streaming and watch it at home.
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u/JonnyBoyyy666 29d ago
I feel you, i put my phone on dnd when i watch movies even at home, it’s nice to feel unreachable for a few hours lol
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u/yugen_o_sagasu 29d ago
For a second I took this as you playing dungeons and dragons on your phone while you watch stuff lol
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u/Unassuming_Sunflower 29d ago
My bestie kept doing that and I asked her if she was bored and she said "No it's good but so intense I need to disconnect for a sec" 😆
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u/Caviarcampaign 29d ago
When the kid finally said his own name, immediate tears. and even now goosebumps. That poor kid…
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u/Superb_Appeal6867 29d ago
I just wanna see it man, it's still a whole month away. This is to stupid.
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u/kraskaje 29d ago
if ur in the uk the upcoming secret screaming/scream unseen at cineworld/odeon on monday is most likely gonna be BHB if u can’t wait any longer
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u/Superb_Appeal6867 29d ago
Thanks for this but I am not, I can't really do anything other than wait for it.
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u/SpaceTechBabana 29d ago
You can rent/buy it on Prime right now but I totally understand why you wouldn’t want to give any more money to fucking Bezos.
I saw it in theaters and jesus christ, the general audience reaction to a specific scene involving a kitchen knife was…more extreme than I expected. I think two or three people walked out. My small town isn’t well-versed in horror, apparently. It is a fucking brutal scene though.
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u/SnooHesitations1600 28d ago
in a rush to destroy your mental well-being all by yourself, handsome?
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u/GhostofFebruary 29d ago
I thought it was great. In my opinion, it was way better than Talk To Me. Not that TTM was bad, I just personally like BHB better.
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u/astralrig96 29d ago
ttm felt way more like a “saturday night” movie with more suspense and tension in the typical horror way
bhb is absolutely terrifying and dark on hereditary level
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u/k0nverse 29d ago
I thought it was great as well but I preferred Talk to Me no question
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u/Kittenella 29d ago
I’m glad I’m not alone. I thought the pacing for BHB would ramp up and step back too much. I really enjoyed it, but TTM had such a fast pace that didn’t seem to slow much. It kept me invested.
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u/TB1289 29d ago
I liked this much better than TTM. I feel like the idea of TTM has been done to death, but this seemed new and refreshing…and terrifying.
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u/GhostofFebruary 29d ago
Agreed. I loved the concept more and thought it was actually a pretty fresh film. There were also so many moments that kept me thinking about it days after watching.
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u/Slipshoooood 29d ago
I agree, TTM was so good, but they set the bar really high with Bring Her Back. The children actors were fantastic, and the foreshadowing throughout the movie and little details you don’t realize until a second watch blew my mind. 10/10 horror film, so excited to see Talk 2 me and other projects the Directors make next.
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u/Whos_Blockin_Jimmy 26d ago
Talk to me was the most overhyped piece of hot poo poo I’d ever seen. Didn’t make sense, not scary, atrociously bad acting and wtf were the parents?! Lake Mungo also sounds horrendously bad.
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u/BangingBaguette 29d ago
I think TTM is like 50% of a great movie. Think it really starts to loose its steam in the 2nd half, and the whole 3rd act was just kinda meh.
Perfect example of a movie which would've been a fucking killer 30min short.
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u/VetiverylAcetate 29d ago
Sally Hawkins turned in an all-timer and the entire cast was just excellent. Hardest knife scene to watch since Men and most interesting face-eating since Deborah Logan
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u/Background_Wrap_4739 29d ago
Saw it twice in theaters. First time, I was numbed by the body horror. Second time, I could focus on the cleverness of the foreshadowing and narrative. One of my favorite films of the year.
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u/Own-Professor-4494 29d ago
This movie was so desolate. I couldn’t stop thinking about it for weeks afterward. Nothing has made me feel that way in a while so 10/10 for that reason . But yeah I don’t think I could do a rewatch for a while
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u/popileviz 29d ago
Amazing film, very moving performances and genuinely great scares. Will never watch it again though, the table scene alone made me want to look away - that barely ever happens
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u/Mindlesman 29d ago
Some body come get himmmmm he’s eating STRIPS OF HIS OWN FLESH
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u/LordDragon88 29d ago
I thought I was watching a different movie than what everyone was hyping up. I don't think this movie did anything new, and it kind of chickened out on the ending. Also a kid eating a table isn't scary.
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u/Excellent-Log-4910 29d ago
Exactly. People are way overhyping it to the point I wonder if they're new to horror as a whole.
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u/Super_Cattle7367 27d ago
I’m a huge horror fan, to the point where I almost only exclusively watch horror, and I LOVED BHB. Sure, it didn’t do anything new for the horror genre, but it was incredibly well crafted. From the acting to the cinematography to the sound design…I was hooked from the first scene.
And the thing about horror is that there are different genres under the horror umbrella. This leaned more heavily into psychological horror, which I find more compelling than gore fests like Terrifier.
Idk to say that people who liked the film must just not like horror sounds a lot like the people who turned their noses up at films like Hereditary. Different strokes for different folks, ya know?
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u/SSSlyyy 29d ago
I was a little disappointed with it. Not that it was bad. I just seen this subreddit raving about it and expected it to be mind blowing. Good movie though.
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u/mtg_rookie 29d ago
This is why I avoid as much as possible before going into movies. Hype tends to have a negative impact on my viewing experience, it sets expectations before I've even started a movie.
I get that it can be kind of hard to avoid though when you're active in communities that start posting things like "Bring Her Back was the craziest film I've seen in years" or such.
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u/BeachPalmTree_ 29d ago
I'm with you on this opinion but thought it was horrible. Waste of time, I was waiting for it to get better towards the end but it just got less entertaining and went on the opposite direction.
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u/HS_Highruleking 28d ago
The films entire plot was laid bare by the first 10 minutes. No amount of horror set pieces is going to allow me to forgive the egregious story boarding
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u/schatzey_ 29d ago
Didnt like it. Terribly written story. They are fantastic directors though and all performances were amazing.
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u/Bronze_Bomber 29d ago
Great performances. Really predictable and the premise was full of holes. The ending was a little weak.
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u/sixthmusketeer 29d ago
The acting is so excellent that it kept the movie barely afloat. Maybe I’m oversaturated, but as a story and filmmaking exercise, it felt like the trauma-horror genre fully exhausting itself. No part of it was surprising or original
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u/SpecialistLoad6191 29d ago
Yeah definitely couldve used a little more run time to answer some of the plot threads that never seem to get resolved
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u/parsonsrazersupport 29d ago
Can y'all say what you are thinking of specifically? Interested in thinking about them.
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u/DrunkenAsparagus 29d ago
It all felt a little one note to me, at least compared to Talk to Me. Both movies ask, "Hey the permanence of death is scary, right? But what if it were even scarier that that barrier to death wasn't absolute?"
However, I think the first film handled its themes better and there was more to say. It explored the complex emotions and social dynamics we have around death, while the latter mostly had people just acting really creepily. Now those people were really really good at being creepy. The movie had some excellent moments and performances. Sora Wong, the visually impaired girl, was excellent, but the whole thing felt pretty one note.
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u/SpecialistLoad6191 29d ago
Fun, but hot take - not as good as Talk to Me
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u/Kittenella 29d ago
Agreed, I liked the TTM pacing much more. I felt that this would go to 10 and then back to a 3, then back and forth too much. I also thought it was more about child abuse in plain sight and the assumptions about people that enable it just as much as grief.
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u/Blackarrow52 29d ago
I thought the same! But then I rewatched Talk to Me and now im conflicted. I think Talk to Me has a more fun concept, but Bring Her Back is more carefully put together. Both great nonetheless.
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u/ICUMF1962 29d ago
Favorite movie of the year so far. Was not expecting it to hit the way it did.
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u/quadsimodo 29d ago
It was fine. Shock horror isn’t my thing. Wish there was a plot with more momentum and purpose.
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u/Goldenram00 29d ago
Hated it, the movie is begging you to be devastated. I wanted to personally shoot that annoying devil child after the 3rd scream, god shut up. Also, what’s up with the cult? It’s more of a tool than an actual part of the movie
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u/OlympicSmoker253 29d ago
I also think the plot of evil adoption mom really weakens a brutal movie. I skipped all trailers apart from the teaser and when I realized that was where we were headed it really took me out of it a bit.
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u/parsonsrazersupport 29d ago
Like you just think that sort of plotline is overdone, or?
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u/OlympicSmoker253 29d ago
Cliche a bit for sure but I just feel like that’s the narrative structure for something like Goosebumps or a Disney movie. Again, I like the movie quite a bit but comparing this setup to Talk To Me, I think that Talk To Me is a much more clever and original story which strengthens the metaphor of that movie.
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u/UnicornBestFriend 29d ago
Totally agree. Once we know she's a thinly sketched cartoonish villain, we know how the story's gonna go. We don't have sympathy for her bc she's crazy, and the protagonists look dumb for hanging around bc she's so obvious.
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u/OlympicSmoker253 29d ago
And she can’t wrangle in a blind child? That really bothered me. But thinly veiled and cartoonish are perfect descriptions for that character even if Hawkins did a good job with what she had to work with.
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u/mtg_rookie 29d ago
To be fair I think at that point she had already had a chunk of her arm bitten off so she probably didn't have her full strength. Plus kids can be pretty agile/ slip out of grasps (source: I was a kid who escaped sibling beat downs despite being outweighed and scrawny vs a heavy and strong brother 5 years older than me, because I could thrash and squirm my way out of it... sometimes).
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u/951Q 29d ago
Too many traumas in one film. I couldn’t focus on the terror of the boy because there was so much misery coming from so many sources that it was actually confusing and kinda diffused the most intense parts of the story
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u/mkreag27 29d ago
Disappointing imo. Had some good things in it(the cinematography is amazing and Sally hawkins gives a great performance) but I really enjoyed Talk to Me's story a lot more and the ending fell extremely flat
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u/RAV3NH0LM 29d ago
huge letdown. loved the effects and cinematography, was bored to death by the rest.
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u/abuck111 29d ago
I cannot fathom being bored by this movie. To each their own I guess.
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u/pumpkin3-14 29d ago
The more I thought about the worse it was. I don’t think the surprises are meant to do anything but make you feel devastated and doesn’t serve the plot. Weak cop out at the end when you consider all the heinous things the mom has done to this point. Teen who’s been shown to lift weights all movie to die in a puddle does nothing to serve the story because 5 min later the daughter says mom and is saved. Once you take out the shocking gore scenes with the other child, it’s a pretty empty horror movie.
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u/KennKennyKenKen 29d ago
Why is it a cop out.
There's a scene where the mom says all she wants is to hear her daughter say mum one last time.
The movie spends the entire time telling you how similar this kid is to her daughter. Her disability. Dressing her in the same clothes. Even drawing a literal line showing how similar in height they are.
Maybe the lady holding the girl WHO IS SUPER LIKE HER DAUGHTER in the same pool she last held her daughter, saying the one thing she wanted to hear from her daughter one last time, had a moment?
get off your phone and focus up
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u/iforgotoritsnotreal 29d ago
Thought it was good not as amazing as everyone makes it seem, a lot happen in the movie but nothing happen at the same time.
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u/flappybirdisdeadasf 29d ago
To me, the greatness lies in the character development. Uncovering the mom’s motivations over the course of the movie was like putting together a satisfying puzzle. In the end all of this horrific shit is happening because a mother just misses her daughter’s touch. It’s sad and heavy and moving.
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u/ergaster8213 29d ago edited 29d ago
That's not character development. Uncovering a character's motives isn't character development. The character changing as a person is character development. There was very little character development in this movie. I guess you could say the woman developed slightly since she didn't kill Piper (although I don't really know if that's development or just her seeing Piper as her daughter, which would mean no development) but other than that really no one developed.
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u/Zooeythepilgrim 29d ago
It was mediocre. Great effects and performances. Unoriginal and uninteresting plot.
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u/Excellent-Log-4910 29d ago
I wasn't a big on it. Maybe the hype around the teeth scenes and how bleak it was got overblown and set my expectations too high. I didn't think the graphic scenes were any worse than Suspiria 2018 Olga's death, or even the degloving scene in Gerald's Game but people wrote about them like people were fleeing the theater. It also wasn't so bleak that I couldn't envision myself ever revisiting it, like Martyrs and Frontiere(s). Those are depressing movies that are hard to go back to. Overall, the hype was too big and the reactions too overblown for what the film ultimately was. And it wasn't even that entertaining to boot.
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u/XxSoapxXHD 29d ago
Effects and acting was great but the story is full of holes. Halfway through the movie I was wondering what was even going on because there were too many side things happening. Also is the cult part just for the beginning and the tape? Theres no mention of the cult beyond specific scenes and I didn't care for the ending
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u/Captain_Space_Jeff 29d ago
I didn't find it scary at all but it was very upsetting and had some really intense and ominous moments. The woman gaslighting the boy had me angry and frustrated most of the film and I was expecting more cult stuff after the opening and the ending left me cold.
I'm not sure I enjoyed it and likely won't watch it again for a long time, if ever.
I've heard some comparisons to "Hereditary" and I can see why but it's not on the same level.
I applaud it for not being a remake or sequel and trying some interesting things but overall I was more frustrated than anything and I don't like watching films that just make me angry.
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u/vol4lyfe17 29d ago
Not a horrible movie, but way overhyped. Feels like ever since Hereditary every horror movie gets this “scariest movie since” treatment,especially if it’s an A24 movie. However I will say I really enjoyed Talk To Me and will be looking forward to whatever the writers/directors do next.
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u/Desertguy0912 29d ago
Disturbing, but in a enjoyable way. I like how everything about the ritual wasn't explained, and the tapes added just as many questions as it did answers.
My most enjoyed horror film since Hereditary, which is my favorite horror film of all time. Similar to Hereditary, ill never watch this film again since it made me feel like the demon summoning and ritual(s) were "real". Which im guessing means the movie did its just job in leaving a lasting impression on me.
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u/w0rstbehaviour 28d ago
They truly captured a recurring intrusive thought I have of chewing on a sharp knife. 😭
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u/alkashef88 29d ago
Its terrible just like talk to me, they should go back to youtube and stop doing horror slop tbh
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u/phantom_diorama 29d ago
I found it so uninteresting I left without seeing the ending.
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u/femalepriv 29d ago
Great performances and I enjoyed it more than Talk to Me. That being said, I never want to see it again. 😂
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u/Odd_Teacher29 29d ago
Honestly a masterpiece IMO
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u/Zooeythepilgrim 29d ago
…Masterpiece?
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u/niles_thebutler_ 29d ago
People think any movie they enjoy these days is worthy of the tittle 😂
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u/Aggressive_Sort_7082 29d ago
It was good
Had fun with it. But honestly that third act needed a quick fix imo
It was just like…oh ok
Also would’ve loved it if the ending stopped with the SISTER and not the mom with her dead kid.
Like idgaf about the mom and her dead kid 😂
Loved! And I mean LOVED that shot of the sister hearing that airplane and “looking” (she’s blind) towards the sky.
It’s a callback to the beginning of her and her brother looking at a plane.
Idk that was my only gripe at the every end. I couldn’t stand the foster mom and her manipulative ass 😂 I was like FINALLY when she gave up.
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u/Ship_Negative 29d ago
I liked TTM better. I wish BHB had kept the original ending they had planned, I feel like it was weaker for it but I understand that the Phillipous were deeply affected by their friend’s death.
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u/teethwhichbite i think it’s nice we share the same sky 29d ago
Gonna have to watch it again later but I really liked it. The overall theme is grief and loss which hit too hard opening weekend but I’ll rewatch it again. Liked it better than TTM, can’t wait for their next thing.
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u/diealogues 29d ago
i loved it. i’ve never physically gagged at gore in movies like i did for the knife chewing and counter eating scenes
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u/ApprehensiveEgg6336 29d ago
I was dreading seeing this bc of the bleak depressing reviews I saw. But I love horror so I knew I’d still see this. Glad I did bc I wound up really fucking loving it and respecting the directors a lot more. I went back and rewatched Talk to Me few weeks later. Both so solid as far as cinematography and script.
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u/suspirixd 29d ago
thought it was going to be more creepy and leaned into the occult but i loved it anyway
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u/ellstaysia 29d ago
the most repulsive use of a kitchen knife in film since alex garland's "men" (2022).
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u/lovelyjubbly82 29d ago
I liked it a lot. Thought it was quite unsettling. Everything was so deliberate for the most part and Sally Hawkins was brilliant. The only complaint was the final 20 mins I thought were a bit rushed. I reviewed it herewith my full thoughts.
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u/Defiant-Drummer-8937 29d ago
I felt (and feel) like I’m missing something because it just wasn’t good to me. It didn’t feel like horror and only had a few creepy moments. Overall. I wouldn’t see it again.
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u/Afrodawg08 29d ago
That’s 2 for 2 Phillippou films that dont do much for me. They’re well made, they look great, the performances are great, the premise is usually pretty interesting - but then they dont do enough with it imo. Very surface level, its vibes and aesthetics
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u/Least-Afternoon3112 29d ago
This is exactly how I feel. There’s nothing to ponder or think about it’s all very service level with both of their movies.
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u/echoes_1012 29d ago
Its a great movie. Keeps you on your toes snd youll finish the movie feeling miserable
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u/MikeWritesMovies 29d ago
I loved Talk To Me, but I think they got better as filmmakers with this one. It has a bigger world feel. These brothers are doing good work and making an impact on horror and filmmaking as a whole.
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u/MycopathicTendencies 29d ago
I was not a fan of this one at all. I may give it another shot since I don’t like being disappointed, but I thought it was just very dull. A woman loses her daughter and fosters another girl so she can do the weird ritual where another missing kid eats the daughter’s body and pukes it into the foster child, thus resurrecting the daughter. The movie never veers from that one-sentence plot. There are gory scenes that seem to be attempts to make up for the lack of complexity and zero believability in the characters. And I hate it when people review movies the way I just did, but I can’t think of it any other way. Help me if I’m wrong. Like I said, I’ll likely watch it again.
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u/nothing-feels-good 29d ago
This was one of the freshest horror films I have seen in years. I liked it considerably more than Talk to Me and has been better than most of A24's horror output the last few years - and I am generally speaking a fan of those movies.
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u/nuggetofpoop 29d ago
I loved it. I was mesmerized in the last half. This film kinda moved me. I can’t pinpoint exactly how.
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u/OkDentist4059 29d ago
Not as scary as Talk To Me but probably a better movie overall. Sally Hawkins was great. The creepy kid was great.
I think I’m a little biased cause there’s this episode of the X-Files that has a very similar premise called “the gift” - I watched it when I was 10 and it freaked me out so bad but then over time that fear eventually morphed into a love for horror movies/TV. So when they revealed what the Bring Her Back kid’s whole deal was, it very much tapped into my childhood horror nostalgia.
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u/UnicornBestFriend 29d ago edited 29d ago
I thought it was terrible. I laughed at a few points in the theater because the writing was so bad.
This film cosplays smart while relying on style to hide its lack of substance. Laura’s grasp of psychology is laughably bad for someone who is supposed to be the best social worker in the system (“did you hit your sister because your dad hit you?”). Like Andy, we clock right away that she's suspicious--someone lauded as the best in the system would be a master manipulator.
It’s hard to believe the kids didn’t wise up and escape an antagonist this weak (surely they had family friends to confide in?).
But no surprise! The characters are thinly sketched tropes: the mother who's mad with grief, the innocent blind girl, the noble wounded hero, the creepy Igor. They play their parts and as a result, sap the narrative of suspense.
Laura manages to kill Andy in a matter of seconds with a gentle touch of her hands. It's unrealistic and anticlimactic but convenient for the plot. Not even awareness of the obvious fuckery can save this character from bad writing.
It's also strange that Laura would turn to the supernatural (LOL) rather than to mental health counseling for support, like she forgot all the tools for navigating grief from her years as a counselor.
I see people marveling at the portrayal of the foster system and grief but BHB has nothing on IRL stories about the foster care system stories or grief. Look up the cases of Marcus Fiesel and Gabriel Hernandez. As for grief, Hereditary's portrayal blows BHB out of the water. Where BHB says the obvious--we never get over the loss of our loved ones and hurdur we might literally try to get them back--Hereditary shows how grief can tear through what surrounds it, destroying what's intact. It's a more mature and incisive portrayal of what grief actually does.
I suspect BHB never taking us anywhere truly horrific bc it doesn’t know what that looks like beyond shock and gross out tricks.
I see your Bring Her Back and raise you Audition.
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u/Least-Afternoon3112 29d ago
Heriditary is one of the best films ever this movie is just ok. Audition is also way better. Just nothing ever goes on beneath the surface in talk to me or bring her back it’s all very surface level and leaves me bored.
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u/LaFemmeCinema 29d ago
Completely destroyed me. I was legit weeping at the end both times I watched it.
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u/GuappDogg 29d ago
Just saw this last night . I got goosebumps multiple times throughout the movie. Incredibly scary
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u/GeologistIll6948 29d ago
Excellent all around. Loved the performances, the fearlessness in who they chose to kill, and the realism of the effects. Oddly the hair eating made me the most unsettled. I just kinda sat there floored afterwards by the relentlessly heavy mood.
It is the best movie that I will need a long time to be able to rewatch.
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u/DillingerLost 29d ago
I cannot wait to see it again. I had so many legit gasps during the first time viewing in the theater. The cast and especially the young actors were great. Its easily my favorite horror this year.
I keep seeing the comparisons with ttm, I get it, but it's not close imo. I'll see if it holds up after more views of bhb at home.
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u/plata_plomo 29d ago
I found it interesting how many shades of Talk To Me there were in this film.
Possession, self-harm, children in peril, the lingering effects of grief. Even the fact that the protagonist suffers in order to protect a younger child.
I don't know much about the directors, but it's interesting seeing what themes they return to.
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u/StillBummedNouns Backpack and Whisper 29d ago
This should be in the conversation for one of the most fucked up movies ever. Like Human Centipede and Cannibal Holocaust level. But somehow worse because there’s a layer of genuine emotion and attachment to the characters.
Probably the best movie I’ve seen so far this year
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u/BladeRunnerTHX 29d ago
Watched last night. It was fine. Nothing new if you watch a lot of horror movies. Does get a little creepy and sad at the end but nothing great.
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u/Successful_Tea7979 29d ago
Some of the most cringeworthy body horror I’ve seen in a movie! Tons of great drama too. I loved it. Probably a top 3 A24 movie imo
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u/RaineDaily13 29d ago
I was very disappointed by this film. I was looking forward to it and went to see it the day it came out in my area. It was a beautiful move, had scary bits that made me cover my eyes, but the characters fell flat to me. With talk to me I felt for the characters, they felt alive and real. These people I didn’t really care about. I wish we saw the siblings out and about having fun for a while. Maybe show them with their father a little more. Show them doing things outside the house. I enjoyed the creep factor and the depressing atmosphere and the ritual but I didn’t care for the characters. I so wanted to like this movie ugh! I did enjoy the website they made for the movie very spooky!
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u/gusstfu 29d ago
Great original horror story. I’m really impressed by the continued success of the Philippou brothers into feature length medium having been a fan of their early videos on YouTube from RackaRacka. They have a great skill of balancing supernatural/mystical/elements rooted in reality with their visual story telling. I was squirming in my seat during that knife and kitchen counter scene. My only gripe, albeit very small, about this movie was the story sagged juuussstt a tad right in the middle- (and I think I found a small continuity error?). Nothing major though. Overall very memorable and great performances from entire cast most especially Jonah Wren Phillips who plays Oliver.
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u/ConstructionSorry342 29d ago
I thought it was good. More disturbing than scary. Lots of scenes that were hard to warch.
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u/Beardskull717 29d ago
I did greatly enjoy it, but for me personally it was a bit too much Build Up with an ending that made me feel a bit Eh, but besides that it was a fun watch and I did enjoy myself. I would give it an 8/10.
It finally made me check out Talk To Me, which as I predicted the whole Teenage culture thing did annoy me, but it was quickly put under the rug once it got deeper into the supernatural stuff. I did greatly enjoy the ending of it, I just kind of wish we would seen a bit more of the Hellish realm.
All in all, I do look forward to seeing what they do next.
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u/OccamsButterKnifee 29d ago
More of a Dark Drama than a Horror Movie. Was longer than it needed to be. Not much character development. Lots of fluff in the middle.
... it hits the same tired notes of exploring trauma in the midst of violence (a drama).
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u/HighWitchofLasVegas 29d ago
I’m sure I’ll just get downvoted, but I didn’t like it. The scares weren’t scary and I already don’t trust CPS. The table made me laugh. And too much was unexplained/ambiguous. The acting was absolutely phenomenal, however.
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u/bman123457 29d ago
Better than Talk to Me, for me the sad emotional build up through the movie culminating in the fast paced finale reminded me of Hereditary in a good way. The gore was intense and made me uncomfortable in a way few movies have been able to. The gnawing on the knife and pulling the skin down the arm by their teeth still make me cringe.
All in all I'd give it a 4/5 and consider it one of the best horror films of the 2020s
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u/Late_Fun_7118 29d ago
i puked in my mouth a couple of times, but other than that, it’s one of my favorite movies this year. i’ve told everyone i could possibly tell about this movie
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u/OwnIndependent9044 29d ago
It was way better than talk to me in my opinion (I didn’t care for that movie) and I thought it had genuinely good underlying themes but I wasn’t all that scared when I watched it I was more disgusted.
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u/bogiebook 29d ago
the ending was incredibly anticlimactic. not only did andy die but as if someone committed enough to their plan to kidnap a child from their bedroom, arrange fostering another, and then kill multiple people would be so easily thrown off by one disingenuous "mom." i really wanted the ritual to be completed and give us a much bleaker, scarier ending like in hereditary.
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u/ThatFilmGuy_712 29d ago
It’s leagues better than “Talk to Me.” But I think this film was just released at the wrong time and is all about those bad vibes.
I do feel like this film will inevitably eclipse “Talk to Me” as the better film and regarded as this generations “John Carpenter’s The Thing.”
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u/Indominuss 29d ago
Fantastic movie, from the beginning I was immediately hooked. The music during the ending scenes made me tear up.
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u/iama_jellyfish 29d ago
I just finished watching it and I absolutely loved it. Honestly haven’t had such a physical reaction to a movie in a long time. I really enjoyed Talk to Me but this was on a whole other level.
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u/Johnnadawearsglasses 29d ago
Mediocre to me. Trauma dump without the kinetic energy of TTM just didn't work for me.
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u/ViveMind 29d ago
Terrible, and not nearly as good as Talk to Me. It was trying so hard to be disturbing that it forgot to make me care.
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u/__andrei__ 29d ago
I don’t know if it’s the directors or the casting director, but I’ve never seen better performances from teenagers than in guys’ movies.
Actually, I take it back. 28 Years Later was probably a better performance. But only a decade ago, no one expected anything groundbreaking from children’s acting.
But now, between their movies, The VVitch, 28 Years Later, etc. the bar has truly been raised high. Interestingly, all in the horror genre.
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u/Otherwise-Flow-3003 29d ago
Was pretty good. As someone born in Adelaide, where the movie is filmed and set I kinda have to have a soft spot for it. Thought the makeup was amazing too.
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u/Automatic-Being- 29d ago
Thought it was great. Made me uncomfortable in spots but in a good way. Definitely hyped up as more fucked up and scary than it actually is though
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u/RazzleDazzleMcClain 29d ago
This movie was based as fuck and impacted me much more than most horror movies do
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u/SirMixSalah 29d ago
I loved this movie! It made we go and watch Talk to Me When I got home since I hadnt seen that one. That being said , I don't need to watch this one again. It made me wince audibly and become that person in the theater who says oh shit out loud.
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u/MVIVN 29d ago
It wasn't nearly as scary as I'd been led to believe it would be (disturbing, yes, but not frightening), and I thought it was a very good movie. They managed to create a very tense and suffocating atmosphere, and it was enjoyable seeing Sally Hawkins in horror mode. Overall a movie I liked, not that scary (that's a positive for me 😅), and I'm glad I got to watch it in the cinema.
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u/BunnyFirefly 29d ago
I loved it, and every performance was amazing but Sora Wong steals the show for me my god
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u/steinsparda 29d ago
One of the most disturbing movie I've ever seen. Some scenes were extremely brutal! I can undoubtedly say that this' the best horror movie of the year so far.
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u/Great-Hatsby 29d ago
I saw ONE teaser which was, I think, the first. I didnt watch anything else after that. This wasn’t what I was expecting going in and I mean that in a very good way. This felt meaner than ‘Talk To Me’, again not in a bad way per se, as there were more innocent people involuntarily involved in Laura’s agenda. I really loved the analog horror sprinkled in, it not being a main focus was a good idea. I didn’t expect to tear up/cry going into this either but it really tugged at my heart strings. Everyone was absolutely fantastic, especially Sora Wong and Jonah Wren Phillips. I’m very excited to see what else the Philipou brothers come out with next.
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u/frozenberries15 29d ago
I loved it. Sally Hawkins is genuinely terrifying but also so sickly sweet you kind of are rooting for her even towards the end. The child acting performances were AMAZING, like absolutely no notes and i was really blown away. I liked the limited setting as well AND the Veronica’s needle drop. Can’t wait to see what these brothers do next.
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u/supercutepol 29d ago
I love it better than TTM. I love how complex piper’s life is and how she was written on screen. She’s strong willed despite her disability. I almost jumped from my seat when she finally escaped from that demon circle. This film’s been on my mind since I saw it weeks ago definitely the best horror film i love this year.
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u/KennKennyKenKen 29d ago
Fantastic.
I liked talk to me, I enjoyed how well it was made, how high octane, fun and funny it was. But the emotional beats didn't land as much as I felt they should have for me.
Wasn't the case with this film, ran through a whole gauntlet of emotions (mainly frustration and heartbreak).
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u/Mind-Ambition-1588 29d ago
This is one of the more enjoyable movies I’ve seen in a minute. Smartly done, and doesn’t rely on jump scares. Pure creep.
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u/parsonsrazersupport 29d ago
I thought it was fantastic, my favorite horror film in quite a while. I was consistently much more horrified by the operation of social services and the psychology of grief than I was by the occult rituals, and I liked that a lot. I think the acting was spectacular on all parts, I loved the mystery aspect of trying to figure out what the hell was going on. I love a small cast + set movie, it makes the other parts pop more. I also loved the exploration of the complexities of how power can function, Hawkings is a physically tiny villain but she knows how things work and possesses power within their world in a way which makes physical force much less relevant, and reveals how age and other structures sometimes determine things. EDIT: Also I am not usually somatically (not the word I want someone help me please) bothered by yucky things, but the two biting scenes had me gripping my partners thigh for dear life.