Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door
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| Directed by | Gregory M. Wilson |
| Produced by | William M. Miller Andrew van den Houten |
| Screenplay by | Daniel Farrands Philip Nutman |
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The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum |
| Starring |
Blanche Baker Daniel Manche Blythe Auffarth |
| Narrated by | William Atherton |
| Music by | Ryan Shore |
| Cinematography | William M. Miller |
| Edited by | M.J. Fiore |
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Modernciné
Modern Girl Productions |
| Distributed by | Starz Home Entertainment |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Girl Next Door (also known as Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door) is a 2007 American horror film adaptation of Jack Ketchum's 1989 novel of the same name. The film is loosely based on true events surrounding the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Gertrude Baniszewski during the summer of 1965.
In 2007, David Moran (William Atherton), a Wall Street player, witnesses a hit and run by a car. He responds to the situation and resuscitates a man who was hit by the car. That evening, he reflects on his past in 1958, when he meets his first teenage crush Meg Loughlin (Blythe Auffarth). Meg and her disabled sister Susan (Madeline Taylor) have lost their parents in a car accident and because of this, they are sent to live with their reclusive aunt, Ruth Chandler (Blanche Baker), and her sons, Willie, Ralphie, and Donny (Graham Patrick Martin, Austin Williams and Benjamin Ross Kaplan).
Living next door to the Chandlers, David is aware of the charisma Ruth has, since she freely allows her sons and their neighborhood friends to her house, where she entertains them and offers them beer and cigarettes. Meanwhile, Ruth starves Meg, accuses her of being a whore and subjects her to misogynistic lectures, whilst her children listen. One day, David visits the Chandler residence, where he sees the Chandler sons tickling Meg. Ralphie inappropriately tickles Meg's breasts, prompting her to fend him off as she runs from the room. His brothers humiliate Susan and when Ralphie brings Ruth to the situation, Ruth reprimands her for forgiving Meg's actions. Ruth beats Susan's bare buttocks as the Chandler sons restrain a horrified Meg, who came back to the room to save Susan. Ruth then takes the ring that Meg wears around her neck, which belonged to her mother.
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