The mysterious story of elisa lam to get the horror movie makeover treatment feb. Adding further drama to their plight, they are targeted by the ghost of former resident. A subreddit for the curious case of the elisa lam death. Sony pictures has just nailed the rights to the bringing, a horror spec script written by brandon and phillip murphy and based on an actual place and series of events that will be championed by. Elisa lam movie the bringing based on her death huffpost. New details of elisa lams mysterious death at the cecil hotel in 20 have emerged, including how a police dog found a trace of her scent at a window leading onto a. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
The project is based on a screenplay by brandon and phillip murphy titled the bringing. Sony pictures entertainment will make a horror film centered on the mysterious death of canadian tourist elisa lam, whose body was found inside a water tank at downtowns cecil hotel. Dahlias character name was said to be inspired by the grim death of elizabeth short a. Deadline is reporting that sony pictures and matt tolmach productions have acquired the bringing, a horror spec script written by brandon and phillip murphy and based on an actual place and series of events. Drive directors next movie inspired by water tank death. The plans for the horror movie about elisa lams death, titled the bringing, were announced in march 2014, days before world bipolar awareness. Ap this still image taken from a security video was released on feb. Mysterious death of elisa lam the elisa lam story new. The bringing, that uses the investigation into it as a backstory for a fictional. Drive director nicolas winding refn has opened talks to work on new horror movie the bringing the sony pictures movie is based on the viral video of elisa lam, who was taped behaving strangely. Jeremy lovering is on board to direct the film, which is set in the cecil hotel in. Though the cecil hotel had seen its fair share of deaths, the notoriety of by lam case pushed its reputation over the edgethe hotel rebranded as the stay on main. Disgust at plan to turn elisa lams water tank death into horror movie. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost.
Brandon and phillip murphy and that their script for the bringing. In the elisa lam case the police released footage of what appears to be a ghostly elevator, again truth is stranger than fiction. There are various theories about what happened to her, but this film may be the first to suggest that we have the dark, mysterious forces of bringing to blame. Nicolas winding refn is in talks to direct a horror film based on the mysterious death of vancouver woman elisa lam. Elisa lam movie the bringing may be directed by nicolas winding refn the huffington post b.
We told you about jake anderson and jared salas what happened to elissa lam. Another angle adding to the eerie elisa lam case is its similarity to a 2005 horror movie called dark water. The facts of the case initially left one almost certain that foul play was involved in this young womans death. The body of elisa lam, also known by her cantonese name, lam ho yi a canadian student at. People keep trying to make movies about elisa lams mysterious. New details in unsolved water tank death of elisa lam. Sony has opted to bail out on the horror thriller the bringing, two months after the studio signed up michael pena to star. Sony pictures is currently negotiating with jeremy lovering to direct the film called the bringing.
There have been some comments about the death of elisa lam recently, so i thought i would write up the extensive research i have done on this case. What makes her death so strange was her odd behavior captured via a security camera before her death, where she seems to think shes being stalked by someone or something who isnt there. The elevator game and the bonechilling death of elisa lam. A horror movie based on the death of 21yearold elisa lam is slated to be made in hollywood. With mandy lee, tavarus weems, yan li, alexandra helbringer escober. Movie studios make films about real people all the time, but theres always been something uniquely gross about the desire to adapt the death of elisa lam into a horror movie. A cinematic exploration of the most mysterious case of the 21st century. In march 2014, a little over a year after lams death, brothers brandon and philip murphy sold a horror script, the bringing, that uses the investigation into it as a backstory for a fictional investigating detectives slowly unraveling sanity.
The terrible story of elisa lam draw my life youtube. Elisa lams story because such an unusual case that the circumstances of her death influenced many films. Michael pena, pictured left in the vatican tapes, is set to star in the sony horror thriller the bringing. Disgust at plan to turn elisa lams water tank death into. The bringing gets brought a production snag dread central. The bringing, a horror movie inspired by elisa lam video. Some of the early internet interest noted what were considered to be unusual similarities between lams death and the 2005 horror film dark water. Michael pena joins the bringing, a horror story about the death of elisa lam. Video sony pictures to make horror movie based on l. The film is reportedly based on the death of elisa lam at the cecil hotel and involves a man investigating the death and the nightmare he stumbles into. The specs basis is on a woman, elisa lam, who was found dead in the water tanks on the roof. She had been reported missing at the beginning of the month. People are still trying to make a horror movie about elisa lam. Community page for elisa lam, found dead at the age of 21, in a city that should not surprise anyone.
Elisa lam, body found in hotel water tank, inspires horror. The body of elisa lam, also known by her cantonese name, lam ho yi. Back in may, nicolas winding refn was in talks to direct the bringing, a horror movie inspired by the reallife death of elisa lam at the cecil hotel in. The bringing, a spec script written by phillip and brandon murphy, and championed by producer. The mysterious story of elisa lam to get the horror movie. Mandy goes to the cecil hotel in order to get some pictures about the mysterious death of elisa lam. The project was inspired by a woman named elisa lam, who was. A few months ago, we reported on the incredibly creepy and gruesome case of elisa lam, a canadian tourist who was found in a water tank at the top of the infamous cecil hotel, a hotel well known to have housed two serial killers and a myriad of strange deaths and suicides. The bringing is loosely inspired by the mysterious death of elisa lam. In fear director in talks with sony to helm horror flick. Mysterious death of elisa lam the elisa lam story new age of cyber haunting. Mysterious death of elisa lam to become horror film called.
Sony pictures bails on michael penas horrorthriller the bringing. Hotel guests complained that their shower water turned black likely because. Michael pena joins the bringing, a horror story about the. Back in may it was reported that nicholas winding refn, the filmmaker behind movies like valhalla rising, bronson, and drive, was in talks to direct a horror movie titled the bringing that would. Elisa lam movie the bringing may be directed by nicolas winding. Her case became an internet controversy when the cecils elevator video turned up online below and showed lam acting inexplicably bizarre just before her death.
The project was inspired by a woman named elisa lam, who was found. Elisa lam movie the bringing based on her death the huffington post b. Sony acquires the bringing, inspired by the true mystery. New bizarre twists in the macabre case of elisa lam the. It was acquired by sony pictures and matt tolmach productions. While nothing has been found connecting lam or her death with the tuberculosis study, this was just one more in a series of strange circumstances that ensures that elisa lams death will be a source of fascination and speculation for a long time to come. How did elisa lam end up dead in a hotel water tank. Elisa lam and her bizarre death historic mysteries. Sony has opted to bail out on the horror thriller the bringing, two. However the film was never released, but other shows such as how to get away with murder created.
Watching the video, its easy to understand why lams body movements and actions stirred imaginations, many. Sony pictures bringing elisa lams haunting death to the. Nicolas winding refn in talks to direct horror inspired by elisa lam mystery the bringing. The mysterious case of elisa lam to become a horror movie. Nicolas winding refn was set to direct a movie based on lams story called the bringing, but he dropped out in 2014. Jake anderson and jared salas is raising funds for what happened to elisa lam. The bringing was penned by screenwriting brothers brandon and phillip. Elisa lam movie the bringing may be directed by nicolas.
The elisa lam case transcends all labels and becomes a rorschach test for the. Lam was a 21yearold canadian student studying in vancouver. In 2014 the movie the bringing was to be created based on the events surrounding the death of the college student morrow. In january 20 she embarked, alone, on what she intended to be a tour of numerous cities on the west coast of the usa. Sony pictures bails on michael penas horrorthriller the. I still have to admit the elisa lam elevator video freaks. Elisa lam movie the bringing may be directed by nicolas winding refn. Jeremy lovering had been on board to direct the film, set at the cecil hotel in.
The film with quite possibly one of the worst titles in the history of bad titles. Drive directors next movie inspired by water tank death hotel. The story of elisa is very mysterious due to the shortage of cctv footage my two theory are that someone maybe working for the hotel had abducted the girl and raped her or something this would explain the rupture of her rectum this also explains why there was no other camera footage because maybe they had deleated the other ones. Back in february deadline reported that director nicolas winding refn would be bringing elisa lams haunting tale to the big screen for sony with the bringing. Everything you need to know about the bringing movie.
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