The Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door

In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.

Blythe Auffarth Daniel Manche Blanche Baker Grant Show Graham Patrick Martin Benjamin Ross Kaplan Austin Williams Gabrielle Howarth William Atherton Kevin Chamberlin Dean Faulkenberry Spenser Leigh Mark Margolis Michael Nardella Catherine Mary Stewart Madeline Taylor

Modernciné Modern Girl Productions

horror crime drama

91 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Steve Nixon

    Review by Steve Nixon ★★

    Another based on a true story film and dear lord I can only hope this was only very loosely based on a true story because what happens is sickening.

  • Harry Fuertes

    Review by Harry Fuertes ★★★½

    Effective in its acting, direction, and execution but overall plays like a hard R Lifetime movie. It's an incredibly disturbing trip into the twisted suburban lives of America but has its flaws including cheesy dialogue, overacted sequences, and some major plot holes. A medium recommendation.

  • Ty Stout

    Review by Ty Stout ★★★★½

    Although incredibly disturbing, this is without a doubt one of the most horrifying films I have ever seen.

  • Michael Knapp

    Review by Michael Knapp ★★★½

    I went into this film not knowing anything about it. When the film ended my first thought was, "That was really messed up." Then I started doing the normal routine of putting myself in the characters shoes and imagining how things would have been different if it was me in that situation. Then I remembered the movie was based on a true story. (Loosely based.) So I looked it up and the first thing that I noticed was the location that the true event happened it. (Indiana) Which is my home state. Then I read the rest of the story. (The movie was messed up but the true story is way worse.) Overall the movie was good. (Definitely not for…

  • Zach Vest

    Review by Zach Vest ★

    It's just not good. The performance by Blanche Baker as Ruth was damn good, but almost every other performance was horrible. The story had more plot holes than the titanic did cracks, which did not help either. Also had an extremely disturbing ending, so beware.

  • The Doctor

    Review by The Doctor ★★★½ 4

    This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Sara Gomes

    Review by Sara Gomes ★★★

    Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door is a movie based on a book about the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens in the 60's. I haven't read the book but I've read a lot about the murder so I was looking forward to watch it on film.

    The movie is disturbing, but not as I expected, mostly because of the main character, Danny. I just couldn't understand why wouldn't he call for help but instead kept coming to the house where all those awful things were happening.

    Apart from that, there's some disturbing scenes and Blanche Baker makes a really excellent villain, showing us some really good acting.

  • Jarth2

    Review by Jarth2 ★★

    Disturbing and shocking especially as it's based on a true story. However, it kind of annoyed me. Why didn't the boy just tell his parents?! He was portrayed as a good boy, so surely if he's a good boy he would have a general sense of what is right and what is wrong?!

  • C. Hagen Radick

    Review by C. Hagen Radick ★★½

    Not sure what to make of this one. Sure, it was well done all around, but the subject matter is such that I have no desire to ever watch this again.