Talk to Me twins Danny and Michael Philippou on their spooky new movie Bring Her Back

Featuring Oscar-nominated star Sally Hawkins, new horror Bring Her Back goes even harder than Talk to Me.
L-R: Danny and Michael Philippou on the set of A24’s Bring Her Back. Image: A24.

Chaotic good twins Danny and Michael Philippou, the unruly brains behind smash hit horror movie Talk to Me and now its hugely anticipated follow-up (but not sequel) Bring Her Back, have been preparing for this moment from the day dot.

Life-long lovers of way-out movies, they began by creating mayhem on their wildly popular YouTube channel, RackaRackca. So named for Adelaide suburb Pooraka, where they grew up, it’s racked up nearly 7 million subscribers since, setting the scene to storm the big screen. But first, the dynamic directorial duo assisted on numerous sets, including Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, absorbing valuable know-how.

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Stephen A Russell is a Melbourne-based arts writer. His writing regularly appears in Fairfax publications, SBS online, Flicks, Time Out, The Saturday Paper, The Big Issue and Metro magazine. You can hear him on Joy FM.