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Bring Her Back's ending doesn't show off the ritual in action, as the process is thrown off by the defiance of Piper. However, it's worth diving into the exact specifics of how the ritual works, what clues the film gives about the entity behind it, and how Laura discovered the ritual in the first place. Here's everything audiences need to know about the resurrection ritual in Bring Her Back and what it could mean for films like Talk 2 Me.

How Does Bring Her Back's Resurrection Ritual Work

Bring Her Back's Resurrection Ritual Comes With A Very Deadly Cost

Bring Her Back's resurrection ritual is the core of the horror film, playing into the film's themes about the lengths grief can drive a person. In the world of Bring Her Back, an unnamed ritual has been discovered that can resurrect someone who has died. As Laura discovers by watching the videotapes of the ritual being successfully conducted, the first step is to recover the body of the deceased person. Laura believes that the soul can linger in the body for a time, giving her a window to complete the ritual. After that, Laura must find two living hosts.

The first host is used as a means of storing the lost soul in a living vessel. Doing this puts the host into a trance-like state, which is suggested to be under the control of a demonic force. The host must remain within a specific space, determined by large circles. Otherwise, the host can painfully begin to regain control of themselves and potentially disrupt the ritual. Doing this also leaves the host impossibly hungry, with their real purpose being to consume the flesh of their original body.

The ritual then requires a second person to serve as a permanent host for the lost soul. If the second person is killed in the same way that the original soul perished, then the host can vomit up their own flesh into the new body's mouth. This transfers the deceased person to a new living body, erasing the soul of the second person in the process. Laura's videotapes suggest this process can work, leading her to follow them as a means of resurrecting her daughter, Cathy. Ultimately, though, Piper is able to escape her clutches and ruins the ritual.

How Did Laura Find Out About The Ritual In Bring Her Back?

Bring Her Back Doesn't Reveal Much About Laura's Tapes

The exact origins of the ritual in Bring Her Back are shrouded in mystery. Bring Her Back doesn't offer a concrete explanation for where the ritual comes from, who discovered it, and how exactly it works. Laura is shown watching camcorder footage of the ritual being performed in Russian. It's unclear how exactly Laura found out about the tapes, although there are some implications that her grief over losing Cathy led her down a grim path of potential ways to be reunited.

Similar to Talk To Me's embalmed hand, Bring Her Back hints that the ritual is a global obsession that many people in different nations are aware of. In Talk To Me, the means of communicating with the dead can be seen performed from Australia to Greece, while the gritty resurrection ritual was recorded in Russia before news made it to Laura in Australia. While the exact way Laura found the ritual remains a mystery, this highlights how the modern age of technology has made it easier than ever to spread potentially dangerous ideas and messages around the world.

Laura's Arrest Could Spread The Ritual Throughout Bring Her Back's World

Bring Her Back's Ending Could Set Up More Versions Of The Resurrection Ritual

The ending of Bring Her Back is a tragic one, with Piper and Ollie both surviving their intended roles as sacrifices for Laura's ritual. However, the very public arrest of Laura, last seen clutching the body of her daughter in the pool, makes it likely that her story and the existence of the ritual will spread through the world. Given the brutal nature of Laura's actions, it wouldn't be surprising for the events of the event to become a major news story on the global stage.

Similar to the way that Talk To Me turned a ghostly connection into a party game around the world, people could try to replicate Laura's actions.

This could actually end up making the ritual more widespread, giving other people a chance to conduct the ritual to try and bring back their own deceased loved ones. Similar to the way that Talk To Me turned a ghostly connection into a party game around the world, people could try to replicate Laura's actions to bring their own loved ones back to life. Given the many unknowns about the nature of the ritual and the demonic entity that seems to be connected to it, this could be a major development for their entire world.

What Bring Her Back's Ritual Means For Talk 2 Me

Bring Her Back's Influence Could Make The World Of Talk 2 Me More Mysterious

Bring Her Back and Talk To Me have been confirmed to share a universe, raising the possibility that the unseen supernatural forces at play in both movies are connected. Bring Her Back's ritual hints that the lines between life and death can be blurred in multiple ways, even if the exact origins of how have yet to be revealed. This raises a lot of questions about the Talk 2 Me, which has been hinted by the Philippou brothers to be focused on new characters in the same world, also dealing with those supernatural forces.

Bring Her Back cements a central emotional throughline to the Philippou horror universe, forcing people to contend with the lengths of their own humanity in contrast to the dark forces operating behind the scenes. Bring Her Back proves that there is more than just one supernatural force at work in this world and that people who can be otherwise completely disconnected can use modern technology to spread the rituals and practices. Bring Her Back establishes how easily supernatural rituals can move in this world, which could be a big factor in Talk 2 Me's expansion of the original film.