Bring Her Back (2025) is a chilling Australian supernatural psychological horror film, released stateside by genre powerhouse A24. If you’re not familiar with A24, you might want to revisit our heart-racing review of Talk to Me, a film so terrifying, we had to bring our subject back for this one. (See what we did there?)

This time, Chelsea was far from thrilled to be recruited again, especially with her deep-rooted fear of witches, spells, and demonic forces. So how did her heart hold up under the pressure?

SYNOPSIS:

A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.

Where to Watch: Prime Video

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Test Subject: Chelsea

Age: 44

Gender: Female

Fears: Wiccaphobia or Fear of witchcraft

Resting HR: 60-65bpm

Walking HR: 80-85bpm

ANALYSIS:

Bring Her Back opens with a rapid series of gruesome images, too brief to register a heart rate spike, but unsettling enough to put our subject on edge. As the main characters were introduced, empathy quickly took hold, drawing our subject deeper into the unfolding story. While the narrative moved at a slow burn, the eerie atmosphere maintained steady engagement. True terror didn’t strike until the 43-minute mark, when a deeply disturbing scene caused our subject’s heart rate to jump from 70 bpm to 92 bpm in under three minutes. From that point on, intensity escalated. Several spikes above 90 bpm were recorded throughout the remainder of the film, peaking at a startling 105 bpm during a particularly grotesque moment at 1 hour and ten minutes.

CONCLUSION:

Bring Her Back (2025) is an unsettling and effective horror film, featuring disturbing imagery and emotionally challenging subject matter capable of triggering dangerously elevated heart rate levels. Its ritualistic narrative was compelling enough to keep our subject in a constant state of anticipation, while the grotesque visuals are likely to linger long after the credits roll. This film is not for the faint of heart, both figuratively and physiologically. In fact, it is now ranked as our scariest movie recorded in 2025. If you’re brave enough to press play, just be sure your pulse can take it… because Bring Her Back doesn’t hold back.

Bring Her Back (2025): Burns an average of 295 Calories

Frozen Crunch Bar: 290 Calories

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