A harrowing ordeal for one mother is front & center in Lifetime's "Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story ".
A part of Lifetime’s 2025 Ripped From The Headlines slate of movies, Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story follows a pregnant woman, her husband and their young son who find themselves in a life-or-death situation after masked gunmen break into their suburban Florida home and demand $200,000.
This horrific and harrowing tale chronicles the events that unfold prior to and mainly during a home invasion at the hands of murderous and violent criminals for pregnant mother Marcela Borges, her husband, and young son. Shattering their happy family bubble, this violent ordeal rocks this quiet family and community.
Given that the family does not have access to that kind of money, Marcela must make critical and life altering decisions in order to buy time and keep her family safe. Starring actress Dascha Polanco as Marcela Borges, this film is riveting, tough to watch at times, and filled with suspense. Polanco is A+ is this role, displaying both a relentless and fierce love for her family and also the intelligence and gentleness of a nurturing mother that allows her to buy time and outsmart her captors in order to escape.
Find out how this story ends now by tuning into Lifetime. Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story premiere, 8/7c, January 11, Lifetime.