The Girl Next Door
Jack Ketchum's '''The Girl Next Door (also known as Jack Ketchum's Evil) is a 2007 American psychological horror-thriller film directed by Gregory M. Wilson from a screenplay by Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman. It is based on Jack Ketchum's 1989 novel of the same name, which was inspired by the real-life murder of Sylvia Likens, to whom the movie is dedicated.
Plot
In 2007, David Moran witnesses a man hit and run by a car in New York City. He responds to the situation and tries to resuscitate the victim. That evening, he reflects on his past in the summer of 1958, when he meets his first teenage crush, Meg Loughlin. Meg and her disabled sister Susan have lost their parents in a car accident. They are sent to live with their aunt, Ruth Chandler, and her sons, Willie, Ralphie, and Donny.
More details
author | Daniel Farrands |
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contentLocation | New Jersey New York City |
director | Gregory Wilson |
editor | M.J. Fiore |
events | dysfunctional family |
genre | crime horror thriller |
keywords | abuse bind blowtorch car accident child molestation disabled even hang hit and run law enforcement misogynistic molest police officer roughhouse speak teenage crush turn whore |
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 |