the horrifying true story behind Netflix is the Deliverance what happened to Latoya Ammons if you're a fan of The Exorcist films Netflix's new horror movie The Deliverance should be on your watch list it may be hard to believe but the project is based on real events that a family experienced over a decade ago read on to uncover the true story behind the deliverance and learn what happened to Latoya Hammons the Deliverance which debuted on Netflix on August 30th is directed by Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels known for precious this film marks a reunion for Daniels with actresses Andre day and Monique whom he previously directed in Billy Holiday and precious respectively the cast also includes Glenn Close anenu Ellis Taylor Caleb McLaughlin and more Daniels told The Hollywood Reporter that he hadn't heard about ammon's story until after he made precious once he did he steered away from the movie for several reasons one I felt that I didn't want to do another story about abuse this woman was a abusing her kids or what defines as abuse because she was hitting the kids he revealed and two I know how I work I'm an open portal and I know what I demand and I know the spirit Works through me so what kind of spirits do I want on me so I was just like no I'm not going to do it Daniels admitted that the story sat with him forever he continued we had never seen this story through this lens of this African-American woman on screen and I just felt we're in such dark times and I don't think people really know how dark of times we are in and I felt like I needed to get reconnected to my higher power explore the real life story of Latoya Hammond and her account of what she and her family experienced below is the Deliverance based on a true story yes the Deliverance is inspired by the true story of Latoya Ammons in November 2011 Ammons her mother and three children moved into a rental house on a quiet street of small one-story homes in Gary Indiana Ammons and her mother Rosa Campbell reported hearing footsteps going up the basement stairs after midnight and the creek of the door opening between the basement and the kitchen one night Campbell recounted waking up to see a shadowy figure of a man pacing in her living room when she got up to investigate she discovered large WT bootprints on the floor this is not normal Campbell recalled to the Indianapolis Star in 2014 we killed them and killed them and killed them but they kept coming back but that wasn't the only strange thing happening in the house over the next few months the incidents grew worse amons described witnessing her children levitating above their beds being physically thrown out of the bathroom getting injured by flying objects and speaking in unnatural deep voices