Lifetime Sets ‘Girl in the Cellar’ About a Woman Who Holds Her Daughter Captive

Lifetime has scheduled the new true crime movie Girl in the Cellar for an Aug. 23 premiere.

Kyla Pratt (The Proud Family) leads the cast as Rebecca, a single mother who goes to extreme measures to control her teenage daughter.

Kelcey Mawema (Cruel Instruction) portrays her daughter Lory, who becomes trapped in a family nightmare.

After finding out Lory has a secret boyfriend, Rebecca decides to take control of her daughter’s life and confines her to their basement cellar. Rebecca survived her own traumatic past and is now passing that generational trauma down.

“What Lory doesn’t know is that this is the same cellar where Rebecca was held captive by her abusive father years ago. As Lory battles for survival, neighbors begin to notice her absence and Rebecca’s behavior draws suspicion, making her a prime suspect in her daughter’s disappearance,” according to the official description.

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Inspired by real events, the movie is part of Lifetime’s “Girl In” franchise made up of movies that are Ripped from the Headlines.

Other films in the franchise include Girl in the Attic, Girl in the Garage, The Girl Locked Upstairs, Girl in the Video, Girl in Room 13, Girl in the Basement, Girl in the Bunker, Girl in the Box, Girl in the Shed, and other titles.

Girl in the Cellar is produced by Navid Soofi for PF Maple Productions Inc in association with Studio TF1 America.

Executive producers are Timothy O. Johnson, Meghan Hooper White and Amelia Burstyn. Robert Adetuyi directs the film from a script written by Eva Gonzalez Szigriszt.

Girl in the Cellar premieres Saturday, Aug. 23 at 8/7c on Lifetime.