Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Amy West

Bring Her Back directors admit they don't feel "any more confident now" despite releasing two hit horrors in a row: "The pressure was almost unbearable after Talk to Me"

Jonah Wren Phillips as Oliver and Sally Hawkins as Laura in Bring Her Back.

Having blown genre fans away with their refreshing take on possession horror in 2022's Talk to Me, filmmaker brothers Danny and Michael Philippou felt the need to deliver with their follow-up Bring Her Back.

"The pressure was almost unbearable [after Talk to Me]," Michael tells GamesRadar+ ahead of its UK release. "There's always talk about this thing called 'the sophomore slump', like people's second films not being good or something – and that was always a fear of ours."

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.