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Published Jan 31, 2026, 10:30 PM EST
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Sinners and Weapons performed incredibly well at the global box office and even earned several Oscar nods. While it is hard not to appreciate how well-made horror movies are finally getting the acclaim and attention, it is sad that one of the best horror movies from 2025 remains overlooked.
Like Sinners and Weapons, the horror movie in question almost earned unanimous acclaim from viewers and critics. The ones who watched it appreciated everything from its incredible performances to disturbing portrayals of body horror.
Yet, the film did not get the mainstream attention it deserved and, unlike Sinners and Weapons, received no major award nods.
Bring Her Back Remains 2025’s Most Under-Appreciated Horror Movie
Custom image by Yailin Chacon.Bring Her Back served as the sophomore feature film for the Philippou brothers after their hit debut, Talk to Me. Although Bring Her Back did not prove to be as commercially successful as Talk To Me, it arguably displayed far better writing and horror storytelling. Talk to Me was more of a crowd-pleaser with its metaphorical portrayal of substance abuse in minors.
Bring Her Back, in contrast, tells a deeply moving tale about grief and one's struggles with acceptance of death. Even the horror elements in the movie are more narratively meaningful and disturbing.
The movie's roster primarily includes many unfamiliar faces, which adds to its appeal and makes its partial, found footage style filming even more immersive. In terms of production, Bring Her Back relies far less on spectacle than Talk To Me, which is perhaps one of the biggest reasons why it remained under the radar.
It is hard to argue that other mainstream horror movies, like Sinners and Weapons, do not deserve the success they have gotten. However, it also seems evident that Bring Her Back deserves to be ranked among them instead of being treated as an overlooked outlier in contemporary horror.
Sally Hawkins’s Performance In Bring Her Back Was Oscar-Worthy
While it is understandable why Bring Her Back struggled to appeal to a wider audience, it is quite disappointing that Sally Hawkins is not getting the appreciation she deserves for her performance in the film. She did not play a completely unhinged witchcraft-practicing monster like Amy Madigan in Weapons.
However, she delivered a far more restrained yet emotionally harrowing performance, portraying a woman whose grief and desperation slowly curdle into something deeply unsettling.
The brilliance and subtlety with which Hawkins captured her character's soft exterior that masked a monstrous, occult-driven cruelty deserved a lot more recognition. The way in which she was able to pivot from a nurturing caregiver to a terrifying manipulator without even raising her voice arguably made her character an even scarier villain than Weapons' Gladys.
It is unfortunate that Sally Hawkins got no major nominations for her performance in Bring Her Back, but it is still hard not to hope that the movie will gain more traction in the future and come close to being as widely known as Sinners and Weapons.
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