FANTASTIC FEST WORLD PREMIERE — SEPTEMBER 20, 2026
WHAT HAPPENED TO DORIS?
World Premiere: September 20, 2026 — Fantastic Fest
U.S. Release: September 20, 2026
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Runtime: 93 Minutes
Directed By: Nick Simon
Written By: Thomas Fenton
Production Company: Entity Returns LLC
Starring: Heather Graham, Mimi Rogers, Marcus Coloma, Kevin Keppy, Daniel Reed Ferrell, Margo Parker
In 1974, a single mother claimed she was being violently attacked by an unseen force inside her Culver City home. What followed would become one of the most infamous paranormal cases in American history.
WHAT HAPPENED TO DORIS? takes audiences back to the terrifying true story that inspired the classic supernatural horror film THE ENTITY, telling the story through the eyes of the family who lived through the horrifying events.
What Happened to Doris?
- Director: Nick Simon
- Starring: Heather Graham, Mimi Rogers, Luke Baines, Kevin Keppy, Marcus Coloma, Morgan Peter Brown, Island Austin, Kayden Alexander Koshelev
- Genre: Horror, Thriller
- Runtime: 92 mins
In the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City, Doris Bither, a single mother, reported a series of increasingly violent attacks inside her home. As the unexplained incidents continued to escalate, paranormal investigators from UCLA became involved and documented a series of disturbing events surrounding the family.
But for Doris, the terror wasn’t simply about confronting something she couldn’t see. It was also about trying to convince the people around her that what she was experiencing was real.
Starring Heather Graham, WHAT HAPPENED TO DORIS? explores the devastating consequences of being disbelieved while facing an unimaginable supernatural threat. Rather than simply focusing on the entity itself, the film puts the family and Doris’s experiences at the centre of the story.
Directed by Nick Simon and written by Thomas Fenton, the film also stars Mimi Rogers, Marcus Coloma, Kevin Keppy, Daniel Reed Ferrell, and Margo Parker.
Based on the true story that inspired THE ENTITY, WHAT HAPPENED TO DORIS? promises a disturbing supernatural horror experience that brings one of America’s most notorious paranormal cases back to the screen.
WHAT HAPPENED TO DORIS?
FANTASTIC FEST WORLD PREMIERE — SEPTEMBER 20, 2026
HORROR | THRILLER | 93 MINUTES
