The Haunting of Sharon Tate

Name: The Haunting of Sharon Tate
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: April 5, 2019
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Bella Popa, Ben Mellish, Fivel Stewart, Hilary Duff, Jonathan Bennett

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Saban Films | Release Date: April 5, 2019 | R

Starring: Bella Popa, Ben Mellish, Fivel Stewart, Hilary Duff, Jonathan Bennett, Lydia Hearst, Pawel Szajda, Ryan Cargill, Tyler Johnson

Summary: Based on one of Hollywood’s most chilling murder cases, this spellbinding thriller follows 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate (Hilary Duff), a rising star about to have her first baby with her husband, director Roman Polanski. Plagued by terrifying premonitions, Sharon sees her worst nightmares come to life with the appearance of CharlesBased on one of Hollywood’s most chilling murder cases, this spellbinding thriller follows 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate (Hilary Duff), a rising star about to have her first baby with her husband, director Roman Polanski. Plagued by terrifying premonitions, Sharon sees her worst nightmares come to life with the appearance of Charles Manson and his deadly cult.… Expand

Director: Daniel Farrands

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 94 min

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Lorry Kikta

Apr 3, 2019

Some moments are a bit corny, such as subliminal messages coming from a tape played backward. However, I find the spin that writer/director Daniel Farrands puts on one of the most gruesome murders in history, will make all who see The Haunting of Sharon Tate examine the Tate murders, and maybe our own lives differently. Read full review

Noel Murray

Apr 4, 2019

A run-of-the-mill home invasion thriller, and while Farrands is a solid genre craftsman — as evidenced by his similarly creepy true-crime film from earlier this year, The Amityville Murders — his taste remains suspect. Read full review

Wes Greene

Mar 31, 2019

In a film that features Charles Manson and his disciples, there’s something unsavory about presenting Sharon Tate as one of the crazy ones. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 4, 2019

Starring a miscast Hilary Duff in the title role, The Haunting of Sharon Tate deserves the instant obscurity for which it is certainly destined. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Apr 5, 2019

The film is appalling from start to finish. Read full review

The Playlist Charles Barfield

Apr 5, 2019

Farrands proves he’s no Tobe Hooper, but he might not even be Tom Six. What he ultimately crafts is a terribly foolish movie featuring wooden acting, a disgusting premise, and none of the redeeming qualities that even the most repellant exploitation schlock film might offer. Stay away at all costs. Read full review

Katie Rife

Apr 5, 2019

The worst part of The Haunting Of Sharon Tate is how seriously it takes its ham-fisted themes of fate and the nature of reality; the movie opens with an Edgar Allen Poe quote, for f*ck’s sake. Read full review

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Alanchocolat

Apr 11, 2019

Hilary you did good but please promote Breath in breath out. You are an amazing performer

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Rivaldo

Nov 10, 2019

Hilary Duff é uma atriz muito talentosa , porém de performances muito podres o filme apesar de possuir uma boa estratégia mas é muito entediante fazendo que uma história trágica e marcante seja adaptada para uma vergonha confusa.

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JLuis_001

Apr 23, 2019

Unnecessary and bad. A lethal combination, and this film is fatal and harmful.

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theredsky

Dec 3, 2019

This isn’t a movie. It’s just a bunch of scenes strung together to make it look like a film but it fails. I was hoping this would be a bad movie that was funny but it wasn’t. Almost every aspect of this film is terrible. The only aspect that isn’t terrible is the music but even then theThis isn’t a movie. It’s just a bunch of scenes strung together to make it look like a film but it fails. I was hoping this would be a bad movie that was funny but it wasn’t. Almost every aspect of this film is terrible. The only aspect that isn’t terrible is the music but even then the music is bad but not as bad as the rest of the movie. The acting from everybody is awful. No one is trying at all. Hillary Duff wasn’t as bad as everyone else but she still did a terrible job. She doesn’t feel like Sharon Tate at all. She feels more like a parody. The cinematography was terrible. There were no unique shots at all and they decided to use a little shaky cam for every single shot. The shaky cam serves no purpose and just makes the film more confusing to look at. I couldn’t tell what was going on at the end of the film because the camera kept shaking. The editing is atrocious. Each scene is cut randomly within the middle or goes on for far too long. Editing is supposed to give the scenes a smooth, flowing feel to it which is what this film does not do. Since it’s cut randomly, it feels awkward and rough. It’s incredibly distracting and pulls you out of the film. The script is complete garbage. Every single line of dialogue feels weird and awkward. Some conversations start with one topic but completely change into something else. The start of conversations are so out of place also. One scene shows the characters playing a game and then all of them out of nowhere start talking about fate. The story is incredibly stupid and confusing. The entire film is based off one line Sharon Tate said in an interview in the late 60s. The concept of basing a film off a single line could be cool but the film butchers it. They took this heartbreaking murder and decided to turn it into a “horror” movie. It’s a huge disservice to the actual Sharon Tate and a little bit exploitative. I couldn’t understand what was happening half the time because the film has a hard time differentiating from reality and dreams. There are many different dream segments but you can’t tell that they are until the main character wakes up. The ending was incredibly dumb. The film does an alternate history scenario where they fight off their attackers and kill them but then it shows that they actually did die? It made no sense at all. Thank goodness Once Upon a Time in Hollywood or else this is all we would have for Sharon Tate. Overall, The Haunting of Sharon Tate is an atrocious piece of filmmaking with terrible acting, cinematography, editing, script, and story.… Expand

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MattBrady99

Sep 13, 2019

OK, so you're telling me that a movie like 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood' receive backlash on how the Manson Family was portrayed, but this movie somehow goes under the rader? Not mainstream enough?

I couldn't think of a more insulting portrayal of Sharon Tate if I tried. If these peopleOK, so you're telling me that a movie like 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood' receive backlash on how the Manson Family was portrayed, but this movie somehow goes under the rader? Not mainstream enough?

I couldn't think of a more insulting portrayal of Sharon Tate if I tried. If these people really give a **** about the Manson family case, then where's the outcry for this?

People are so fake. **** clowns.… Expand

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Becurt

Jan 5, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hilarious, Good comedy
Even if perspective had some hope, Duff?-ya gotta be kiddin me, as well as her worshipping TWC(Third World Country look craver) girlfriend. Duff perfect for not intended comedy though. Shoulda went with my gut when I saw her name listed cuz it wasn't THAT funny. Irritating the very LOUD music everytime something horrible suppose to be happening ( such as two females turning to look at them walking, oh my!) made me dread what they'd come up with when something actually happened. By then I was laughin to hard to be irritated… Expand

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Live2Rise

Aug 21, 2019

I don’t think I’ve ran across a film this year that I hated more with a passion than I do with “The Haunting Of Sharon Tate”. It is the embodiment of everything sick, disgusting and diseased with the modern film industry and as a film whose impact on the industry as a whole going forward canI don’t think I’ve ran across a film this year that I hated more with a passion than I do with “The Haunting Of Sharon Tate”. It is the embodiment of everything sick, disgusting and diseased with the modern film industry and as a film whose impact on the industry as a whole going forward can only be summarized by cold-hard cash, this was completely unbearable. Hillary Duff, while not the worst actor of the bunch, is not believable as Sharon Tate, all other actors are completely static and unmemorable, the film is cheap as all hell with abysmal sound design, overkill with the gore and butt-ugly CG effects, there’s no story to speak of so it had to pause and delay itself constantly for no reason and make stuff up, there are literally no scares in the whole thing, the editing was lazy, the directing was terrible, it keeps pulling the same **** trick asking about fate while insulting, degrading and desecrating everybody involved and I don’t think I need to remind anybody how it was so damn insensitive and repulsive seeing the brains behind this film cheapen the most notorious mass murder in the 20th century and turn it into shock value for entertainment and to make a quick buck.

I honestly don’t know which is worst: The fact that this was made in only TWO WEEKS, the fact that they managed to get away with so many cheap effects and lazy screenwriting, the fact that Lionsgate and director Daniel Farrands have stupidly tried to censor negative backlash and reviews to protect this film or the fact that this piece of **** won three awards at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Horror Movie. Were they high when they gave out the awards that night? How could you look at THIS and say this film was worthy of such awards?

Every single person who made this thing: the director, producers, screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, every single middleman, they are all to blame for this film ever getting out because it proves once again that none of these executive Hollywood studios care about quality control or respecting the past for that matter. It doesn’t add anything we don’t already know to the lore nor does it have any respect for Sharon or her victims let alone their friends and family who have to live out the rest of their days knowing they’re not gonna see them again and knowing that this film spit in the face of everyone who died that night. This film isn’t even a film; it’s a black mirror: a dark reflection behind the corporations behind all our favorite films and characters and documentaries and how often they simply DO NOT CARE.

I’ve got nothing else to say. **** this movie.… Expand

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