Bring Her Back ending explained: What happened to Laura in the end?

Bring Her Back is not your usual horror flick. It's dark, emotional, and deeply disturbing. The movie tells the story of Laura, a mother who lost her daughter, Kathy, in a tragic drowning accident. Instead of moving on, Laura becomes obsessed with bringing her back, no matter the cost.

This story is about how far grief can push a person, and how love, when twisted by pain, can lead to something monstrous.

Laura used to be a loving mom, and after Kathy’s death, she couldn't accept the loss. Instead of healing, her sadness turns into a dangerous obsession. She stops seeing right from wrong and lets dark forces guide her actions.

The mysterious VHS tape in Bring Her Back

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Laura stumbles upon a creepy VHS tape as shown in Bring Her Back. On it, a cult is shown performing a ritual that claims to bring the dead back to life. Sounds too good to be true, right? But to Laura, it's her last hope. The tape outlines four horrifying steps:

Contact a demon
Repeat the same way the person died
Eat the body of the dead
Throw up the soul into someone new

Creepy? That’s just the beginning.

To make the ritual work, Laura fosters three kids in Bring Her Back.

Piper, a blind girl about Kathy’s age, she’s meant to be the new vessel.
Andy, Piper’s older brother, who becomes suspicious over time.
Olly, a silent boy living with Laura, he’s actually Connor, a kidnapped child being used to “eat” Kathy’s decayed body. Yes, it is as disturbing as it sounds.

Laura feeds Connor pieces of her dead daughter’s body, preparing him to be the “carrier” of her soul. She also starts tormenting Andy, trying to drive him away. One of the most disturbing things she does in Bring Her Back? She pours her own urine on his bed to make him think he is wetting himself. Why? To make him seem unstable so no one listens to him.

Things reach a horrifying peak. Andy figures out Laura’s plan and tries to stop her. But she causes a car crash that kills him and a social worker.

Now, only Piper is left. In the final act, Laura drags Piper to the pool, trying to kill her the same way Kathy died, to complete the ritual.

But right before it’s done, Piper suddenly calls out, “Mom!”, or was it Kathy’s spirit speaking through her?

This one word makes Laura freeze, and that’s enough. The ritual fails. Piper escapes.

The tragic ending in Bring Her Back

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Laura is left holding Kathy’s rotting corpse, sinking slowly in the pool. She doesn’t scream. She doesn’t fight. She just… gives in. Her obsession killed everyone around her, and now it’s taken her too.

Piper survives but loses Andy. Connor wakes up, freed from the demon, and realizes who he really is, a missing child.

This movie isn’t just about demons and rituals. It is about grief that eats you alive. Laura loved her daughter so much she couldn’t say goodbye. That love turned into obsession, and it destroyed her.

Even though she hears “Mom” one last time, it costs her everything.

Piper’s escape and her vision of a plane at the end, possibly Andy’s spirit, give us a sliver of hope. Laura’s refusal to move on shows how grief can twist love into something dark. Andy’s past and Piper’s blindness make them vulnerable. Laura uses that to her advantage, showing how trauma makes it easier for others to take control.

The “angels” in the tape are likely demons using Laura’s pain against her. They promise hope but bring only horror.

But there are still few questions left unanswered

Where did the VHS tape come from?

We never find out. That mystery makes it even scarier.

Are the angels real or demonic?

They seem angelic in the tape, but their demands say otherwise.

Is this linked to the film, Talk to Me?

Some fans think so. Both movies deal with demons feeding off human emotion. Could be the same universe!

Bring Her Back isn’t just horror, it is heartbreak in disguise. The real terror comes from Laura’s choices, not just the demons. She’s a woman destroyed by her inability to say goodbye. And in trying to “bring her back,” she loses herself, and everyone around her.

The ending leaves us unsettled, but with a tiny glimpse of hope. Piper lives. Connor escapes. Andy’s spirit, maybe, finds peace.

But the message is loud and clear, some losses can’t be undone, and trying to fix death might only bring more of it.