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‘Bring Her Back’ – Bloody Disgusting Presents Early Screenings of ‘Talk to Me’ Duo’s A24 Movie
Nearly two years after bludgeoning the box office with 2023’s Talk to Me, brothers Danny and Michael Philippou are back with A24 for Bring Her Back. The brothers’ hotly anticipated new slice of horror arrives May 29th, but Bloody Disgusting wants YOU to see the movie earlier than that. How early? Well, how about next week: Thursday, May 15th?
There are 13 special sneak screenings across the US, each of them presented by Bloody Disgusting. All screenings start at 7 PM local. GRAB YOUR TICKETS RIGHT NOW!
Locations include…
— Atlanta – Springs Cinema
— Austin – Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
— Boston – AMC Boston Common
— Chicago – AMC Newcity
— Dallas – Alamo Drafthouse Lake Highlands
— Denver – AMC 9 CO + 10
— Houston – Regal Edwards Houston Marq*e
— Philadelphia – AMC Cherry Hill 24
— Phoenix – Harkins Arizona Mills
— San Diego – AMC Mission Valley
— San Francisco – AMC Metreon
— St. Louis – Alamo Drafthouse City Foundry
— Washington, D.C. – AMC Georgetown
The upcoming A24 horror movie is rated “R” for “Strong disturbing bloody violent content, some grisly images, graphic nudity, underage drinking and language.”
Here’s the official plot synopsis…
A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.
Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton, Stephen Phillips, and Mischa Heywood also star in the film directed by Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou.
Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman wrote the screenplay. Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton produce Bring Her Back.
The brothers said of their second movie at a preview event, “It was more anxiety ridden because you have A24 to let down. You have Sally Hawkins to let down. Everything that you do, there was an extra pressure to it. So, everything just goes out the window, and it feels like you’ve never made anything. And then you’re in the deep again, and you feel like you’re drowning again. And you’re like, ‘Oh, why the fuck did we put ourselves through this again?’ And then, at the end of it, you come out. It’s always a painful process, but a rewarding one.”
The trailer for Ti West’s upcoming adaptation of A Christmas Carol raised a lot of eyebrows when it dropped earlier this week. While plenty of folks initially dismissed Ebenezer as a derivative project meant to cash in on the recent wave of unnecessary prequels that expand the backstory of beloved characters (such as 2023’s Wonka), Charles Dickens’ original novel already made a point of exploring Ebenezer Scrooge’s origins in detail – meaning that this new film is likely just a particularly faithful adaptation of the source material under a different name.
Couple that with the fact that the movie is being helmed by a genuine horror auteur and I think it’s safe to say that the latest iteration of the first modern ghost story is in good hands.
That being said, one detail that immediately jumped out at me during the brief teaser (other than a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it nod to Johnny Depp’s iconic bedroom death scene from the original A Nightmare on Elm Street) is the fact that many of Ebenezer’s ghosts appear to have been directly lifted from the iconic John Leech illustrations that accompanied the first edition of Dickens’ novel.
Here are a couple of stills from the trailer compared to the original artwork:
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in ‘Ebenezer’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’
The Phantoms in ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘Ebenezer’
Marley’s Ghost in ‘Ebenezer’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’
Mainly working with old-school wood and steel engravings that would later be transferred to print, Leech was instrumental in crafting the iconic look of history’s most influential phantoms – especially since Dickens is said to have been deeply involved with the creation of these so-called “comic illustrations.”
And since the novel is commonly said to have popularized spiritualism in Victorian England, much of the ghostly iconography that we still see in genre media to this very day (including some of Ti West’s previous films) can be traced back to the author’s partnership with Leech.
Ebenezer won’t be the first A Christmas Carol adaptation to borrow heavily from these designs, but I can appreciate how Ti West is incorporating an important part of horror history into his latest film.
Ebenezer will be available in theaters starting November 13.
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