‘Bring Her Back’ makes us squirm in ways we couldn’t have imagined : Pop Culture Happy Hour

Sally Hawkins in Bring Her Back.

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Sally Hawkins in Bring Her Back.

Ingvar Kenne/A24

The hit Australian horror movie Talk To Me was both very good and deeply unsettling. Now its directors (Danny and Michael Philippou) have returned with Bring Her Back, which ups the ante when it comes to disturbing, nightmarish storytelling. The film stars Sally Hawkins as a woman whose grief manifests in terrifying, ugly ways.

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