The Girl Next Door
A timid twelve‑year‑old boy is thrust into his aunt’s twisted household and must outwit her sadistic rule to escape a nightmare of escalating cruelty that threatens the lives of everyone around him.
“In this town, murder became the neighborhood game.”
Synopsis
In the summer of 1958, in a quiet suburban town, two sisters who have recently lost their parents are placed under the care of their Aunt Ruth, a woman suffering from mental instability. Ruth's extreme and cruel methods of discipline soon escalate into acts of abuse and torture, involving her own young sons, other neighborhood children, and particularly a 12-year-old boy, whose life is profoundly altered as a result.
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Edited by Michael FioreShot by William M MillerScored by Ryan ShoreDesigned by Krista Gall
Also known as
- Jack Ketchum's Evilde
- The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum's Evilde
- Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Dooren
- Une fille comme les autresfr
- La ragazza della porta accantoit
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Cast & Crew
21 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Gabrielle Howarth
as Cheryl Robinson
Benjamin Ross Kaplan
as Donny Chandler
William Atherton
as Adult David Moran
Blythe Auffarth
as Meg Loughlin
Blanche Baker
as Ruth Chandler
Kevin Chamberlin
as Officer Jennings
Dean Faulkenberry
as Kenny
Mark Margolis
as Homeless Man Hit By Car
Spenser Leigh
as Denise Crocker
Daniel Manche
as David Moran
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