Some of the early internet interest noted what were considered to be unusual similarities between lams death and the 2005 horror film dark water. The bringing, a spec script written by phillip and brandon murphy, and championed by producer. 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. She had been reported missing at the beginning of the month. I still have to admit the elisa lam elevator video freaks. 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. Lam was a 21yearold canadian student studying in vancouver. 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.
A cinematic exploration of the most mysterious case of the 21st century. Everything you need to know about the bringing movie. The project is inspired by a woman named elisa lam, who was. 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 facts of the case initially left one almost certain that foul play was involved in this young womans death. Disgust at plan to turn elisa lams water tank death into. A mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a rundown apartment building. 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. However the film was never released, but other shows such as how to get away with murder created. The project was inspired by a woman named elisa lam, who was found. Mandy goes to the cecil hotel in order to get some pictures about the mysterious death of elisa lam. Another angle adding to the eerie elisa lam case is its similarity to a 2005 horror movie called dark water. 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.
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. Mysterious death of elisa lam the elisa lam story new age of cyber haunting. To elisas family and friends, we can only hope the grief has somewhat subsided. Michael pena, pictured left in the vatican tapes, is set to star in the sony horror thriller the bringing. New bizarre twists in the macabre case of elisa lam the. The project was inspired by a woman named elisa lam, who was. 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. 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. Sony acquires the bringing, inspired by the true mystery. Hotel guests complained that their shower water turned black likely because. We told you about jake anderson and jared salas what happened to elissa lam. Elisa lam movie the bringing may be directed by nicolas winding refn the huffington post b. 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.
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. 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. In january 20 she embarked, alone, on what she intended to be a tour of numerous cities on the west coast of the usa. The bringing, that uses the investigation into it as a backstory for a fictional. The elisa lam case transcends all labels and becomes a rorschach test for the. Mysterious death of elisa lam to become horror film called. The body of elisa lam, also known by her cantonese name, lam ho yi a canadian student at. Elisa lam movie the bringing may be directed by nicolas winding refn. In the elisa lam case the police released footage of what appears to be a ghostly elevator, again truth is stranger than fiction. New details in unsolved water tank death of elisa lam.
Dahlias character name was said to be inspired by the grim death of elizabeth short a. A horror movie based on the death of 21yearold elisa lam is slated to be made in hollywood. Jeremy lovering had been on board to direct the film, set at the cecil hotel in. In fear director in talks with sony to helm horror flick. Jake anderson and jared salas is raising funds for what happened to elisa lam. Adding further drama to their plight, they are targeted by the ghost of former resident. The specs basis is on a woman, elisa lam, who was found dead in the water tanks on the roof. 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. 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. Brandon and phillip murphy and that their script for the bringing. Sony has opted to bail out on the horror thriller the bringing, two. Drive directors next movie inspired by water tank death. Sony pictures bringing elisa lams haunting death to the. The bringing is loosely inspired by the mysterious death of elisa lam.
A subreddit for the curious case of the elisa lam death. Sony pictures bails on michael penas horrorthriller the bringing. Community page for elisa lam, found dead at the age of 21, in a city that should not surprise anyone. Sony has opted to bail out on the horror thriller the bringing, two months after the studio signed up michael pena to star. 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. Nicolas winding refn was set to direct a movie based on lams story called the bringing, but he dropped out in 2014. 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. The terrible story of elisa lam draw my life youtube. Michael pena joins the bringing, a horror story about the. The bringing was penned by screenwriting brothers brandon and phillip. Nicolas winding refn in talks to direct horror inspired by elisa lam mystery the bringing. Elisa lam movie the bringing based on her death huffpost. Elisa lam, body found in hotel water tank, inspires horror.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Elisa lam and her bizarre death historic mysteries. Nicolas winding refn not bringing the elisa lam story to. 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. Elisa lam movie the bringing may be directed by nicolas.
It was acquired by sony pictures and matt tolmach productions. Michael pena joins the bringing, a horror story about the death of elisa lam. The film with quite possibly one of the worst titles in the history of bad titles. The elevator game and the bonechilling death of elisa lam. Watching the video, its easy to understand why lams body movements and actions stirred imaginations, many. Video sony pictures to make horror movie based on l. Elisa lam movie the bringing based on her death the huffington post b. 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. People are still trying to make a horror movie about elisa lam. The plans for the horror movie about elisa lams death, titled the bringing, were announced in march 2014, days before world bipolar awareness. The body of elisa lam, also known by her cantonese name, lam ho yi. People keep trying to make movies about elisa lams mysterious. The bringing, a horror movie inspired by elisa lam video.
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. In 2014 the movie the bringing was to be created based on the events surrounding the death of the college student morrow. The mysterious case of elisa lam to become a horror movie. The mysterious story of elisa lam to get the horror movie. Nicolas winding refn is in talks to direct a horror film based on the mysterious death of vancouver woman elisa lam. Ap this still image taken from a security video was released on feb. Jeremy lovering is on board to direct the film, which is set in the cecil hotel in. The project is based on a screenplay by brandon and phillip murphy titled the bringing. Elisa lams story because such an unusual case that the circumstances of her death influenced many films. 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. The mysterious story of elisa lam to get the horror movie makeover treatment feb. Elisa lam movie the bringing may be directed by nicolas winding.