Jonah Wren Phillips in “Brink Her Back.”
The acclaimed A24 horror thriller Bring Her Back — starring The Shape of Water Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins — is coming to digital streaming this week.
Directed by Talk to Me helmers Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou, Bring Her Back opened in theaters on May 30. The official logline for Bring Her Back reads, “A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.”
In addition to Hawkins, Bring Her Back also stars Billy Barratt, Jonah Wren Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton, Stephen Phillips, Sora Wong and Liam Damons.
Bring Her Back won the acclaim of Rotten Tomatoes critics, who gave the film an 89% “fresh” rating based on 184 reviews. Audiences gave the film a 79% “fresh” score on RT’s Popcornmeter based on 1,000-plus reviews.
Bring Her Back will be released on Tuesday, July 1, a listing on Prime Video confirms. The release date was originally reported on by When to Stream.
Once Bring Her Back debuts on PVOD, it will be available for purchase for $24.99 on such platforms as Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video and YouTube.
Since PVOD rental prices tend to run $5 less than purchase prices, viewers can expect to rent Bring Her Back for $19.99 for a 48-hour period.
Why The Directors Behind ‘Bring Her Back’ Call It A ‘Personal’ Film
Even though it’s a horror movie, directors Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou — who are identical twins — told Salon in an interview in early June that Bring Her Back is a personal film to them.
“Horror — not just horror, any sort of art — when you get really personal, it’s a way to exorcise those demons, or to express something you can’t entirely put into words,” Danny Philippou told Salon. “So [making a film] is about drawing from those real experiences and putting them somewhere where you don’t have to carry them anymore. That’s just how we tackle any of the art that we’re doing.
“Anything that we’re writing, anything that we’re making, is to put ourselves out there and express personal things,” the filmmaker added. “It did feel like we were grieving somebody at that time, we just lost them in pre-production, and the film became about saying goodbye to them as well. The best way to make art is to be as personal as possible.”
Bring Her Back is still playing in theaters and has earned $19.2 million domestically and nearly $3 million internationally for a worldwide box office gross of $22.2 million to date. Bring Her Back $17.5 million production budget before prints and advertising, per The Numbers.
Rated R, Bring Her Back is expected to be released on PVOD on Tuesday.
June 30: This report has been updated to reflect the confirmation of the PVOD release date of “Bring Her Back.”
