The Girl Next Door

Based On the book by Jack Ketchum

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. The cast includes Blanche Baker, Blythe Auffarth, William Atherton, and Grant Show.

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Release date:

October 3, 2007

Director:

Gregory Wilson

Cast:

Blanche Baker, Daniel Manche, Blythe Auffarth, Kevin Chamberlin, Madeline Taylor

Genre:

Crime, Horror, Drama, Psychological horror

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

2007 in adaptations