Director: Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou

Cast: Sally Hawkins, Sora Wong, Billy Barratt, Jonah Wren Phillips, Mischa Heywood

Bring Her Back is a 2025 Australian-American horror mystery film directed by Michael Philippou and Danny Philippou, running 104 minutes. The film follows two siblings who discover something deeply disturbing lurking beneath the surface of their new foster home, delivered with the same unnerving dread the Philippou brothers established with their debut.

What is Bring Her Back about?

Two foster children — a teenage girl and her younger brother — are placed with a woman who lives in a remote house, far from neighbours and familiar comforts. At first, their new guardian seems kind, if unusually intense about certain routines and rules. As the days pass, the siblings begin noticing signs that something is badly wrong: sounds they cannot place, rituals performed in secret, and a deepening sense that the woman wants something from them that goes far beyond ordinary care. The brother and sister must decide whether to trust their instincts and find a way out before the situation spirals beyond their control. The film builds its tension slowly, grounding the horror in the vulnerability of children who have no safe adult to turn to.

Cast & crew

Sally Hawkins leads the cast as the unsettling foster mother, bringing the restrained menace she is known for in dramatic roles. Sora Wong and Billy Barratt play the two foster siblings at the centre of the story. Supporting players include Jonah Wren Phillips, Mischa Heywood, Stephen Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton, and Kathryn Adams. The film was directed by the Australian twin brothers Michael Philippou and Danny Philippou.

Context & significance

The Philippou brothers broke through internationally with their 2022 horror debut, and Bring Her Back arrived in 2025 as their follow-up, watched closely by genre audiences worldwide. For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, the film carries a particular resonance: its central anxiety — children placed in the care of a stranger, cut off from community, unable to trust the adults around them — echoes themes that appear across Persian literature and folklore, where the isolated household hides secrets and the outsider must rely on their own instincts to survive. The film is available with a full Persian dub, making it fully accessible without needing to read subtitles, and the horror genre consistently draws strong engagement from Iranian diaspora audiences who enjoy mainstream genre cinema.

Where & how to watch

Bring Her Back is available on K-Time with both Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch directly in your browser, on your TV, or on your phone — no extra download needed, no VPN required, and no geo-blocking. Start and cancel anytime.