Wolves at the Door

Wolves at the Door (2016)

When night falls, the wolves will hunt.

Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a simple farewell party turns to a night of primal terror as the intruders stalk and torment the four, who struggle for their lives against what appears to be a senseless attack.

Date of release
2016-10-21
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (243)
Runtime
1h 13m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
John R. Leonetti

Casting

Interesting facts

Wolves at the Door is a 2016 American horror film directed by John R. Leonetti and written by Gary Dauberman. The film is loosely based on the murder of Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of Roman Polanski, and her friends in 1969 by members of the Manson Family, and, though not considered an installment in the franchise, takes place within The Conjuring Universe. The cast features Katie Cassidy, Elizabeth Henstridge, Adam Campbell and Miles Fisher as four friends who are stalked and murdered by a group of intruders at a farewell party, with Eric Ladin reprising his role as Detective Clarkin from Leonetti's 2014 film Annabelle.

Production

On May 8, 2015, John R. Leonetti was announced as the director of Wolves at the Door for New Line Cinema, with Gary Dauberman as screenwriter and Peter Safran as producer. The script was loosely based on the Manson Family murders in 1969. Known as the Tate murders, the event saw members of the Charles Manson cult break into the home of Sharon Tate, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, and her new husband director Roman Polanski.

Casting was announced in May 2015, with Katie Cassidy playing the lead role of Sharon, alongside Miles Fisher as Jay, Elizabeth Henstridge as Abigail, and Adam Campbell as Wojciech.

Principal photography lasted from mid-May through late-June in Los Angeles in 2015.

On September 18, 2015, Toby Chu was announced to be to scoring the soundtrack for Wolves at the Door. Chu had previously collaborated with Leonetti in Annabelle (2014).

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