Wait Till Helen Comes

Wait Till Helen Comes (2016)

Kids love to spook each other.

After a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly, must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the desperate ghost of a young girl. Based on the best selling novel by Mary Downing Hahn.

Date of release
2016-11-12
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (28)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Thriller, Fantasy
Director
Dominic James

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story

Wait Till Helen Comes is a 2016 Canadian film directed by Dominic James and written by Victoria Sanchez Mandryk. It is adapted from the book by Mary Downing Hahn. It stars Maria Bello with biological sisters Sophie Nélisse and Isabelle Nélisse, who play stepsisters in the film. The film was released in multiple Canadian cities on 25 November 2016.

Production

The film was produced by Caramel Film Productions in association with Mednick Productions, with producers Victoria Sanchez Mandryk, Don Carmody, Valérie d'Auteuil, Ian Dimerman, and Brendon Sawatzky. Executive producers are Scott Mednick, Manuel Freedman, Skyler Mednick, Dominique Desrochers, and Alexandre Grenier.

On September 12, 2014, Variety announced that financing and cast were in place and principal photography would commence on the production of a film adaptation of Wait Till Helen Comes. The work would be directed by Dominic James, and would star Maria Bello and the Nélisse sisters. Production was slated to begin later that same month.

Principal photography began on the 28th September 2014 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Author Mary Downing Hahn appears in the film in a speaking role, after having revealed to screenwriter Mandryk that as a little girl she had always wanted to be an actress in movies. Wait Till Helen Comes is the first of her books to be adapted into a feature film.

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