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Occasionally, I really can enjoy a good horror movie and Talk To Me out of 20 movies was the one I enjoyed the most in 2023. That was made by the Philippou brothers as their debut who originally are Youtubers which I really felt in a positive in a similar way of how Eight Grade was also made by a youtuber. So I avoided all spoilers for this one going in nearly completely blind aside of heaving read that it's disturbing and something about a Foster monther while it gets a solid 7.6/10 on so far only 7.8k votes. So my expectations were pretty high mainly hoping for a plotline that again surprised me by it's originality while at the same time having slight anxiety for some of the potential disturbing scenes. I did go watch the late-night viewing in the cinema.
Bring Her Back (7.0/10)
So Basically the movie starts with a video recording of an old ritual scene where someone gets killed and is about a brother and a sister who lose their father and are put in foster care with a women who also has 1 other strange foster child. Soon it becomes clear that more is going on and the movie similar to Talk To Me has some disturbing scenes of which one I kind of had to put some fingers in front of my eyes.
Movie Plot (Spoiler Free):
A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.
So there are a lot of good things I can say about this movie in that it again was filmed in a way that is quite impressive especially some of the gory scenes. These brothers really have a talent for that as they also pulled this off really well in Talk To Me. The acting and casting also was excellent and I did never get bored while watching this one. However, the storyline didn't really blow me away or anything as it all was pretty clear from early on what actually was going on as the title along with some early hints. This really made me miss some kind of twist making everything more just about some of the disturbing scenes and less about the actual story.
Spoiler Plot Summary
! The short summary of this story is that there is some kind of vaguely explained ritual to transfer a soul from a dead person in the first 2 months after they died to someone else and the foster women who lost her daughter who drowned and the foster mother wants to do exactly this with some of the children she has under her care.
I mainly felt like there was information missing in the story with too many questions left and things put in there that were just cool like the circle around the house and many other things about the ritual. I would say this one is extremely disturbing mainly for women who also have children.
Movie Themes There are different themes in this movies with motherhood and grief in a way that was done ok but personally didn't really hit for me. However, I can see how for some people these themes hit way harder so this is a personal thing.
Bring Her Back Trailer (Spoiler Free)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBskrYZfhw8
Conclusion This was my most highly anticipated horror movie of the year and while it did like how the movie technically is made from every aspect (casting, filming, visuals, music,...), the story kind of was a bit of a miss for me not matching up to Talk To Me. Ultimately I see this movie as a combination of the idea of the exorsist and Speak No Evil. I rate this one a 7.0/10 mainly because the many good aspects about this film which makes me a bit forgiving for what was a rather dissapointing story.
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|---|---|---|
| #01 | Heretic | 7.8/10 |
| #02 | A Different Man | 6.9/10 |
| #03 | Look Back | 6.9/10 |
| #04 | Caddo Lake | 7.5/10 |
| #05 | Sing Sing | 6.0/10 |
| #06 | Paris, Texas | 9.2/10 |
| #07 | The Greatest Night In Pop | 7.2/10 |
| #08 | Sometimes I Think About Dying | 7.3/10 |
| #09 | Memory Lane | 6.8/10 |
| #10 | Winter In Sokcho | 7.6/10 |
| #11 | On Falling | 6.8/10 |
| #12 | Carry-On | 6.9/10 |
| #13 | The Brutalist | 6.6/10 |
| #14 | Dune Part Two | 6.1/10 |
| #15 | Companion | 7.8/10 |
| #16 | Under The Silver Lake | 7.2/10 |
| #17 | After Life | 7.5/10 |
| #18 | Hit Man | 7.3/10 |
| #19 | The Edge Of Seventeen | 7.3/10 |
| #20 | Anora | 6.6/10 |
| #21 | Mickey 17 | 7.6/10 |
| #22 | Taste Of Cherry | 7.3/10 |
| #23 | My Old Ass | 7.7/10 |
| #24 | Drop | 6.4/10 |
| #25 | A Silent Voice | 7.9/10 |
| #26 | Conclave | 7.0/10 |
| #27 | Fandango | 7.5/10 |
| #28 | Sinners | 7.9/10 |
| #29 | Perfect Blue | 7.0/10 |
| #30 | Challengers | 7.1/10 |
| #31 | Bring Her Back | 7.0/10 |
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