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Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story, Lifetime's new true-crime thriller, was released on January 11, 2025. Directed by Felipe Rodriguez, the movie is about a terrifying 2009 home invasion in Florida. Based on real events, it explores how Marcela fought for her family and herself during the harrowing incident.
The movie was filmed in various locations across Toronto and the Canadian Province of Ontario, Canada, with a specific focus on places that captured the emotional essence of the true story.
The Film tells the story of the terrifying home invasion that forever changed Marcela's life, unraveling the terrifying sequence of events that led to a shocking tragedy. Terror Comes Knocking is part of Lifetime's commitment to exploring true crime narratives and is available to stream on the network.
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The Shooting Location of Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story explored
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story was filmed in Ontario, Canada, with Toronto as the primary location.
Toronto, Ontario
The production team utilized various neighborhoods in Toronto to replicate the suburban Florida setting of the Borges family's home. The residential property where the film was shot was the primary location for all the scenes related to home invasion. The varied architecture and streetscapes of the city formed a diverse canvas for the film's exterior shots.
Some significant landmarks in Toronto, such as the CN Tower and the Ontario Legislative Building, are subtly placed in the background of some scenes to provide authenticity to the urban environment that the movie describes. Toronto has a well-developed film industry infrastructure, and its experienced local crew was helpful in efficiently producing the movie.
The ability of the city to stand in for different locations in America makes it a favorite destination for filmmakers who want to recreate the American setting. In Terror Comes Knocking, Toronto's neighborhoods affect the atmosphere of a suburban Florida community which greatly enhances the film's narrative and tension.
The True Story Behind LifeTime's Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story is a Lifetime film that is both a documentary and a horror story of Marcela Borges and her family in November 2009. At the time, Marcela, her husband Rubens Morais, and their 5-year-old son Ryan lived in Winter Garden, Florida. She was two months pregnant with their second child.
On November 15, 2009, their house was stormed by four armed robbers who tied the family with duct tape and took them away. These kidnappers then brought the family to a house in Apopka, Florida where they were held overnight. The next day, Marcela was forced to take $23,600 from her bank account, which she handed over to the kidnappers.
During the ordeal, Marcela recognized one of the captors, a woman named Bianca Dos Santos, who had obtained information about the family from her mother, a former employee of Rubens. Fearing for their lives, Marcela made a daring escape by jumping from the second story of their home, despite being shot twice. She managed to reach a neighbor and contact the police, leading to the rescue of her family.
Watch Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story streaming on Lifetime.
