‘What Happened to Doris?’: The Case That Inspired ‘The Entity’ Comes to Fantastic Fest

Fantastic Fest is returning to Austin, Texas, this fall, taking over the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar from September 17-24, 2026. As always, the festival is packed with world premieres, major genre releases, and the kind of completely unexpected discoveries that make it one of our favorite places to find what’s next in horror.

We dug through this year’s massive lineup and pulled out a handful of films we’re particularly excited about, including the World Premiere of What Happened to Doris?

Directed by Nick Simon (The Girl in the Photographs), this one has a particularly fascinating hook: it’s based on the alleged paranormal case that inspired The Entity.

The film follows a single mother experiencing increasingly violent encounters with an unseen force, eventually drawing UCLA investigators into what would become one of America’s most infamous alleged paranormal cases.

If you’ve seen The Entity, you already know how disturbing this story can get.