Unbelievable secret behind year's 'most terrifying film' Bring Her Back's vomit-inducing scenes

Daily Mail​

2 days ago

It's been dubbed 'the most terrifying horror film' of the year.
Bring Her Back, from Australian directors Danny and Michael Philippou, follows two siblings who find themselves caught up in an occult ritual by their foster mother.
The supernatural chiller rattled moviegovers over the weekend, with many claiming that the film's stomach-churning scenes had left them nauseous.
One shocking scene sees troubled Ollie, played by 12-year-old child star Jonah Wren Phillips, being fed a piece of fruit on the end of a large knife by his foster brother Andy.
When Andy turns his back, Ollie begins voraciously gnawing on the knife in order to satiate a demonic spirit inside of him.
As he chews on the razor-sharp blade, blood begins gushing everywhere and his teeth begin to crack and become dislodged.
In another scene, the demon completely takes over Ollie's body and he begins trying to eat everything in sight, including the edge of a wooden table that immediately splinters and starts tearing into the child's face.
Explaining the secrets behind both horrific scenes, prosthetic FX designer Larry Van Duynhoven told Variety that they used a set of prosthetic teeth and added some chocolate to the prop table to disguise the taste for Phillips, who plays Ollie.
'He was able to really go to town because we had the dentures that helped protect his teeth and mouth,' Van Duynhoven said.
'The dental technician designed some breakaway teeth in the dentures, so some of those teeth snap off.'
Phillips added, 'They said they put chocolate in it a little bit. I didn't taste it because I had blood in my mouth. It was more of a texture because they hollowed it out so it was really crunchy.'
Director Danny Philippou told Polygon, 'The entire table was laced with chocolate, so he enjoyed eating it. He was still munching on it between takes.'
For the jaw-dropping knife scene, a rubber prop was used whenever Phillips was present, and then a puppet head whenever they needed to use a real blade.
Philippou added, 'We had a [prop replacement for Jonah's head], so we could put a real knife in this fake head and rip his lip.'
Bring Her Back opened in US theaters over the weekend, pulling in $7 million.
Critics have praised the film so far, while viewers have been left sick by some of the violence and realistic practical effects.
'Bring Her Back made me so nauseous, it was so good,' gushed one fan on X, formerly Twitter.
'Bring Her Back WAS SOOOO GOOD I felt sick watching that scene,' added a second, while a third wrote, 'Bring Her Back is sick. Definitely seeing it again.'
A fourth wrote, 'If y'all need a movie to watch this week go see Bring Her Back in theaters. My first time ever a movie made me literally set up to vomit. The plot is crazy too.'
Bring Her Back is from the directors of Talk To Me, which is currently the highest-grossing horror film in A24 history.
According to the filmmakers, the flick is so scary moviegoers passed out during preview screenings.
'We've had three faintings,' Danny admitted during an interview on Australian talk show The Project.
Oscar-nominated English actress Sally Hawkins, 48, known for her roles in Paddington, Wonka and Happy-Go-Lucky, stars in Bring Her Back.
Hawkins plays grieving mother Laura, who attempts to bring her daughter back from the dead using a paranormal ritual.