The Girl Next Door
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.
Plot
In 2007, David Moran witnesses a man struck in a hit-and-run incident on a New York City street. As he rushes to assist the victim, he is flooded with memories of a traumatic summer in 1958, when, as a teenager, he met Meg Loughlin—his first crush—and her younger sister, Susan. The girls, recently orphaned in a car accident, are sent to live with their aunt, Ruth Chandler, and her three sons: Willie, Ralphie, and Donny.
More details
| author | Daniel Farrands |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Jersey New York City |
| director | Gregory Wilson |
| editor | M.J. Fiore |
| events | dysfunctional family |
| genre | crime drama horror thriller |
| keywords | abuse basement beer car accident cigarette disturb female genital mutilation first crush flood genital mutilation grope haunted by the past hit and run orphan promiscuity spank traffic collision turn |
| musicBy | Ryan Shore |
| producer | Andrew van den Houten William M. Miller |
| productionCompany | Modern Girl Productions Modernciné |
| publisher | Starz Home Entertainment |
| recordedAt | New Jersey New York City |
| theme | coming-of-age exploitation independent psychological horror psychological thriller rape urban |