The Girl Next Door - a 2007 movie adaptation of the novel The Girl Next Door from 1989 by Jack Ketchum. It’s loosely based on the real story of the Sylvia Likens’s murder.
This story it’s viewed through the eyes of a teenager - David Moran (Daniel Manche), following the fate of sisters Susan Loughlin (Madeline Taylor) and Meg (Blythe Auffarth) who become his brand new neighbors in 1950s America. After a crush that killed the sisters’ parents, they move to their aunt’s place.
Their aunt, Ruth Chandler (Blanche Baker), plus her three sons live with no a father figure around, he ran away. The alcoholic relative Ruth soon begins to abuse the two sisters, which ends up with physical torture and some sexual abuse of Meg – imprisoned without mercy in the basement. Other children from that neighborhood join in to watch and enjoy the torture and… of course, no one reports the crime.
Terrifying experience, yet educative… The world is not fair, you should watch out even for your own relatives. The movie gives you a cruel life lesson. It’s hard to keep your soul pure…
IMDb User Rating: 7.2/10 (2,023 votes)
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