Talk To Me directors Danny and Michael Philippou are returning with Bring Her Back, a skin-crawling, supernatural horror starring Sally Hawkins.
The Aussie filmmaking duo are set to explore the realm of the dead once again with their sinister, sophomore feature about a grief-stricken foster mother (Hawkins) who involves her kids in a reincarnation ritual of sorts. Or at least, that's what the enigmatic trailer suggests.
Ahead of the film's release — set for May 30 in the US and August 1 in the UK — a first, extended trailer sees Hawkins' character badly dealing with the loss of a loved one.
"How did you cope with Cathy being gone?" a man asks the protagonist off-screen, to which she replies: "I didn't."
Hawkins' lead then welcomes two new kids, played by Sora Wong and Billy Barratt, to her home and introduces them to Oliver (Jonah Wren Phillips), a third, elder child.
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In an attempt to help them bond, the protagonist tells them that they have all lost their families. Still, the new children struggle to connect with Oliver and realise they've just become part of an unholy project courtesy of their foster mum.
Cue a montage of creepy scenes where the protagonist watches some camcorder footage, cuts a lock of hair from a corpse in a coffin, and gives a bath to Oliver, who seems to be in contact with the underworld.
"Some people believe the spirit stays in the body for months after death," Hawkins says in the clip, as she appears set to resurrect someone from her past with Oliver's help.
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If you've seen Talk To Me (and we highly recommend you do if you haven't), then you already know that meddling with life and death probably won't go down well for the characters.
How Bring Her Back's possibly demonic denouement will pan out isn't too clear from the trailer, but it sounds ominous. For the time being, the only thing we should be wary of this side of the pond are spoilers, given the two-month gap between the US and the UK releases.
Bring Her Back hits US cinemas on May 30. In the UK, the film releases on August 1.
A Talk To Me sequel, titled Talk 2 Me, has been announced.
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Stefania is a freelance writer specialising in TV and movies. After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, Radio Times and Digital Spy.
Her beats are horror films and period dramas, especially if fronted by queer women. She can argue why Scream is the best slasher in four languages (and a half).
