Bring Back the Dead

The film opens with flashbacks showcasing Jia En, De Wei, and their seven-year-old son Xiao Le enjoying family moments. During the boy’s birthday celebration, De Wei gifts him a puppy. Later, De Wei leaves for work, and Jia En, experiencing a severe headache, rests while leaving Xiao Le under the care of their maid, Nora. While playing with his new puppy, the boy chases it onto the road and is fatally struck by a car.

Overcome with grief after the death of her son, Jia En turns to a medium, Madam Seetoh, her former caregiver known for her knowledge of Taoist rituals. Madam Seetoh agrees to help Jia En perform a ritual with the help of a shaman to bring back Xiao Le’s soul, cautioning her about the potential consequences.

During the ritual, a body part (specifically a finger) is required as a spiritual anchor. Madam Seetoh assures Jia En that she will “know” when Xiao Le’s spirit returns.

“know” when Xiao Le’s spirit returns.

Following this, Jia En begins to sense a presence in the house, believing her son’s spirit has returned.

Initially, Jia En finds comfort in the presence of her son’s spirit. However, as time passes, she begins to notice strange and unsettling occurrences in her home leading her to question the true nature of the entity she has brought back.

As the supernatural events escalate, Jia En uncovers that the spirit residing in her home may not be her son.

Driven by this fear, Jia En returns to the cemetery where Xiao Le is buried and notices an unmarked grave right next to her son’s. She realises that Madam Seetoh had given the shaman who had assisted her during the ritual process false directions to exhume Xiao Le’s finger since his grave did not have a headstone yet.

Jia En confronts the gravekeeper, a man who is seen sweeping the graves nearby. She questions him about the unmarked grave, however he grows nervous and avoids answering. He insists it’s none of her concern, brushing her off with vague replies. His evasiveness only deepens her suspicion, to which she seizes the opportunity to secretly inspect his phone. She finds Madam Seetoh’s phone number among the gravekeeper’s contacts.

Jia En attempts to contact the number and does not answer when Madam Seetoh picks up the call. It is revealed that Madam Seetoh has a son who had died under mysterious or violent circumstances in the past.

This revelation puts Jia En and those around her in grave danger, forcing her to confront the consequences of tampering with the supernatural.

Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 13:07