The Girl Next Door


1h 33m 2007

Brief Synopsis

In 1958, a pair of recently orphaned girls are left in the care of Ruth Chandler, a woman slowly going mad. Ruth decides that she must discipline the girls, and encourages her three young sons to share in the girls' punishments. David, their 12-year-old neighbor, has developed an innocent crush on the older sister. As the summer progresses, he finds himself a witness to her sadistic torture. He wants to stop the abuse, but first he must find an adult who will believe his unlikely story. More importantly, he must find the strength to betray his best friends and their mother--an adult he has looked up to all his life.

Film Details

Also Known As
Girl Next Door, Jack Ketchum's the Girl Next Door
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
2007
Location
New Jersey, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

Synopsis

In 1958, a pair of recently orphaned girls are left in the care of Ruth Chandler, a woman slowly going mad. Ruth decides that she must discipline the girls, and encourages her three young sons to share in the girls' punishments. David, their 12-year-old neighbor, has developed an innocent crush on the older sister. As the summer progresses, he finds himself a witness to her sadistic torture. He wants to stop the abuse, but first he must find an adult who will believe his unlikely story. More importantly, he must find the strength to betray his best friends and their mother--an adult he has looked up to all his life.

Film Details

Also Known As
Girl Next Door, Jack Ketchum's the Girl Next Door
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
2007
Location
New Jersey, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Fall October 3, 2007

Released in United States on Video December 4, 2007

Released in United States September 2008

Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premiere) September 5-14, 2008.

Based on best-selling novel "The Girl Next Door" written by Jack Ketchum; published by Leisure Books, May 31, 2005.

Released in United States September 2008 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premiere) September 5-14, 2008.)

Released in United States Fall October 3, 2007

Released in United States on Video December 4, 2007