‘Bring Her Back’ Filmmakers Danny & Michael Philippou Tease ‘Talk To Me’s “Spiritual Successor” At A24 Preview Event

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Amid a thrumming and ominous soundtrack — a mix of whooshing and pulsating noises that filled a darkly lit cavernous screening room of the NeueHouse in Hollywood last Friday — Talk to Me filmmakers Michael Philippou and Danny Philippou previewed exclusive scenes and the first trailer for their “spiritual successor” Bring Her Back.

The Adelaide, Australia-born twin brothers and directing duo were in town for the sneak peek event hosted by A24, teasing that their highly anticipated and hair-raising followup is 95% complete, awaiting “final touches” in sound design and music — emblematic of what made their sleeper hit, the low-budget possession flick that became the indie company’s highest grossing horror film ever, as haunting as it was.

In one previewed scene — which I am not able to disclose the contents of, though I will describe the numerous audience gasps and hands that went up to shield eyeballs (including my own) — Danny Philippou had to “chew on cutlery” in a sound booth to nail the noise.

To put it another way: “Trust me, the trailer doesn’t show the half of it,” Michael Philippou said. In a conversation moderated by A24’s Sam Hanson, the helmers dished on everything from their devastating real-life inspiration to the nitty gritty aspects of the production process.