5 Movies To Watch If You Loved ‘Bring Her Back’ (2025)
Bring Her Back delivered exactly what horror fans want: stellar story-telling, stand-out performances, innovative imagery, and spine-tingling terror.
If Bring Her Back left you thirsting for more nerve-rattling horror with real emotional weight and spine-tingling performances, you’re in for a treat. These five films will turn the dread dial up to eleven, keeping you on edge with their twisted storytelling and psychological depth. Whether you’re into mind-bending terror, dark rituals, or haunting performances, each one of these will hit all the right notes for fans of Bring Her Back‘s brutal, complex brand of horror.
1. A Dark Song (2016)
Synopsis: A grieving woman hires an occultist to perform a dangerous ritual to contact her dead child. The process is long, grueling, and mentally unhinging.
Why You’ll Love It: A Dark Song’s commitment to the occult, much like Bring Her Back, turns its characters into vessels of desperation. If you loved the slow, suffocating tension in Bring Her Back, the occult rituals here are unnervingly immersive. The film’s focus on the psychological and emotional cost of such practices will resonate with fans of Bring Her Back’s deep character exploration and the disturbing price of personal sacrifice.
2. Hereditary (2018)
Synopsis: After the death of her secretive mother, Annie Graham and her family unravel disturbing truths about their lineage, encountering terror that threatens to tear them apart.
Why You’ll Love It: Toni Collette’s unforgettable performance in Hereditary is the emotional wrecking ball that hits hardest, much like Sally Hawkins’ transformative work in Bring Her Back. Fans of Hawkins’ raw, unflinching portrayal of grief and trauma will find Collette’s devastating performance equally gripping. Plus, the twisted use of a child’s body as a “soul transporter” hits a similar nerve to the film’s exploration of body manipulation and possession.
3. Talk to Me (2022)
Synopsis: A group of friends discover an eerie ritual involving an embalmed hand that lets them communicate with spirits. But the more they engage, the more dangerous it becomes.
Why You’ll Love It: Directed by the same team behind Bring Her Back, Talk to Me packs the same style—sharp, unsettling, and visually commanding. The script’s tight pacing and the film’s cool yet terrifying tone make it a perfect follow-up. Fans of Bring Her Back will appreciate the similarly immersive approach to supernatural horror and the raw emotional stakes, as well as the way the movie visually brings the spirits to life, much like the eerie atmosphere Bring Her Back establishes.
4. Birth/Rebirth (2023)
Synopsis: After the death of her daughter, a grieving mother goes to extreme and dangerous lengths to bring her back to life at any cost.
Why You’ll Love It: If you were captivated by the way Bring Her Back explores the lengths to which a person will go to defy the natural order, Birth/Rebirth is a natural fit. This film’s portrayal of a mother driven by grief turns her desperation into something primal and terrifying. Much like Bring Her Back, it balances emotional depth with brutal, gory moments, pushing the boundaries of what a mother will do to reunite with the lost.
5. The First Omen (2024)
Synopsis: In 1971 Rome, novice nun Margaret Daino uncovers a dark conspiracy within the Catholic Church to bring about the birth of the Antichrist.
Why You’ll Love It: The First Omen delves into the manipulation of a vulnerable young person as a pawn in an occult plot. If you’re drawn to the chilling psychological and physical effects of occult manipulation in Bring Her Back, this one will hit all the right notes—dark rituals, twisted possession, and the haunting terror of a child’s body used as a vehicle for something far darker. Expect to feel that same gut-wrenching unease that creeps up when innocence is corrupted.
If Bring Her Back got under your skin, these films will do the same, and then some. With each one, you’ll find that perfect blend of tension, emotion, and horror that lingers long after the screen fades to black. Whether you’re looking to dive deeper into the darkness or explore new ways the human psyche can break, these picks will keep you hooked from start to finish. Trust me, the horror doesn’t stop here.