Horror Twins Danny & Michael Philippou On The Evil That Lies Beneath In Their Latest ‘Bring Her Back’ – Crew Call Podcast

What evil lies in down and underneath?

Surely a spot full of kangaroos and Men at Work can’t be all this sinister. And probably the most unsuspecting duo of the private abyss of horror are Sundance Film Festival wunderkinds-turned-genre meisters, dual brother filmmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou. They’re so vivacious and jolly, you’d by no means suppose they may conjure the grossest and maximum look-away moments in contemporary horror cinema. These guys make Ari Aster’s Midsommar appear to be a PG model of Alice in Wonderland.

A24 bought the duo’s possessed teenagers film Talk to Me for high-seven figures out of a raucous nighttime screening at Sundance in 2023, with that identify happening to gross a really perfect $48 million-plus stateside and just about $92M international.

What’s their secret? More than a kid consuming his personal pores and skin (which you’ll see this Friday of their newest, Bring Her Back), it’s the duo’s skill for developing deep, sympathetic and resonant characters. Bring Her Back follows two foster siblings, a tender girl Piper who’s visually impaired (a chic flip by way of newcomer Sora Wong) and her older brother Andy (Billy Barratt, additionally nice). With their folks long gone from this global, Andy desires oversee of Piper, however the gadget received’t permit it. They’re put into the care of an older unmarried lady, Laura (two-time Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins), who already has supervision (must we even say that?) over a tender boy, Oliver (Jonah Wren Phillips). However, he’s torturing himself significantly, and smartly, there’s a pool. What’s incorrect with this image? What’s incorrect with this lady? Well, you’ve were given to peer the film to determine what occurs.

Listen to our convo underneath with the Philippous and their inspirations, one in every of them being the 1967 Audrey Hepburn mystery Wait Until Dark by which the actress performed a visually impaired lady terrorized by way of thugs in her rental.

There’s a lotta horror available on the market, but if it’s nice, there’s no cannibalization as we not too long ago noticed with each Sinners ($258.8M) and Final Destination Bloodlines ($94.1M and counting). Perhaps Bring Her Back will proceed to carry horror cinephiles again to the multiplexes.