The Girl Next Door (2007)
- Directed by
- Gregory Wilson
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, horror film, coming-of-age film, psychological horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 798 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1950s suburbia, a teenage boy watches as his neighbor tortures and abuses a young girl kept captive in her basement. The horror is told from his helpless perspective as he struggles with what he sees.
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What happens
Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door (also released as Jack Ketchum's Evil) is a 2007 American psychological horror-thriller film directed by Gregory M. Wilson and written by Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman. It is based on Jack Ketchum's 1989 novel of the same name, which was inspired by the 1965 torture and murder of Sylvia Likens. The film is dedicated to Likens and dramatizes a fictionalized version of events through the perspective of a teenage boy who witnesses the escalating abuse of a girl held captive in a suburban household. The cast includes Blanche Baker, Blythe Auffarth, William Atherton, and Grant Show. The film premiered at genre festivals in 2007 and was released direct-to-DVD in the United States. Known for its disturbing content and psychological intensity, The Girl Next Door has divided critics, with some praising its unflinching portrayal of cruelty and others criticizing its graphic violence. It has since gained a cult following and is frequently discussed in relation to true-crime-inspired horror. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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