The Haunting of Sharon Tate Dvd

The Haunting of Sharon Tate is a 2019 American horror thriller film written and directed by Daniel Farrands, and starring Hilary Duff, Jonathan Bennett, Lydia Hearst, Pawel Szajda, and Ryan Cargill. The film is based on the 1969 Tate murders mixed with fictional elements. It follows actress Sharon Tate, portrayed by Duff, who suffers premonitions of her murder at the hands of Charles Manson’s followers.

It was released in the United States on April 5, 2019, by Saban Films.

Plot

In August 1968, actress Sharon Tate tells a journalist about a nightmare she had in which she and her friend, Jay Sebring, had their throats slashed inside her home at 10050 Cielo Drive in the Benedict Canyon section of Los Angeles. One year later, a very pregnant Sharon returns to her “love house” after spending six months in Europe filming The Thirteen Chairs. She is initially happy to be reunited with her friend (and once-lover) Jay, and friends/house-sitters Abigail (Gibby) Folger, and Abigail’s boyfriend, Wojciech (Voytek) Frykowsky, a boyhood friend of Polanski’s. Sharon’s husband, Roman Polanski has stayed behind in Europe to complete the script for his next film The Day of the Dolphin but has assured Sharon he will be home in time for the birth of their baby. That night, Sharon confides in Jay that she believes Roman is having another affair; Jay tells her it doesn’t have to be this way but Sharon is determined to save her marriage for the sake of the baby. Later, Sharon becomes angered upon finding that a new caretaker, a young man named Steven Parent, is living in a trailer on the property without her prior knowledge and asks what happened to Will Garretson, the previous caretaker whom she is told “hasn’t been around in awhile.” That night, while the group is socializing, Voytek answers a knock at the door to find a long-haired stranger (Charles Manson) asking to see “Terry.” Voytek tells Manson the home now belongs to Sharon and Roman, and that he has the wrong residence.

The following morning, Sharon and Abigail go for a walk, where they encounter two strange women, and subsequently find Sharon’s pet dog dead alongside the trail. In the house’s study, Sharon uncovers a recording of folk music by Charles Manson, left behind by the residence’s former owner, music producer Terry Melcher. The music disturbs her, and she recalls the voice as being that of the man she remembers from her nightmare. Sharon later expresses to Jay that she finds Abigail and Voytek’s extended stay at her home oppressive and that she wishes they would leave. That night, Abigail sees a woman standing outside the window of her bedroom. Sharon has a nightmare: she, Jay, Abigail, and Voytek are brutally murdered by Manson followers Tex Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel aka “Yellow,” and Susan Atkins.

Sharon becomes convinced that Manson and this group of people are plotting to kill her, but Abigail and Voytek dismiss her fears as paranoia stemming from her pregnancy. Sharon brings the Manson recording to Steven, who is knowledgeable about technology, and he determines that it contains subliminal messages when played in reverse, revealing the phrase “Helter Skelter.” Sharon subsequently has a nightmare in which she finds Steven’s corpse in his car, and becomes convinced the dreams are premonitions. When Sharon believes she is going into labor, Steven runs to start his car. Sharon sees that Manson’s followers have arrived, and rushes to the car, attempting to thwart his impending murder. Steven crashes the car into a fence, and he and Sharon flee back to the house on foot, as Tex shoots in their direction repeatedly.

In the house, Sharon, Abigail, Steven, and Voytek attempt to barricade the entrances, and find the power has been cut. Jay arrives at the house just as they are confronted by Tex, who tells Jay he is the devil and has come “to do the devil’s business.” Tex and Susan usher them into the living room, where Steven and Voytek are bound and gagged. Sharon manages to thwart the killers’ plan by stabbing Tex with a penknife and freeing Jay, resulting in a melee in which Abigail smashes Susan’s head on the corner of a table, killing her.

Sharon, Jay, Abigail, and Steven retreat to Steven’s trailer while Susan searches for Voytek, who is still hiding in the house. Yellow attempts to kill him, but he violently beats her before drowning her in the bathtub. Tex, injured but still alive, tracks the group as Steven attempts to use a CB radio to call for help. Tex breaches the camper, but Steven beats him with a shovel before Sharon shoots him to death.

At dawn, the group approaches the house and as the others continue to the main road, Sharon returns to observe the crime scene. She is shocked to discover the corpses of Jay, Voytek, Abigail and herself; their conquering of Manson’s followers was merely an imagined alternate possibility and she realizes that her premonitions were actually memories of what had already occurred, and that she and the others are, in fact, ghosts. Sharon, Jay, Abigail, Voytek and Steven-realizing they are in the afterlife—walk away from the house, Sharon holding the child that she did not live to give birth to.

Cast

Hilary Duff as Sharon Tate
Jonathan Bennett as Jay Sebring
Lydia Hearst as Abigail “Gibby” Folger
Tyler Johnson as Tex Watson
Pawel Szajda as Wojciech Frykowsky
Ryan Cargill as Steven Parent
Fivel Stewart as Patricia “Yellow” Krenwinkel
Bella Popa as Susan “Sadie” Atkins
Ben Mellish as Charles Manson