The Girl Next Door (2007) is not your typical coming-of-age romance. Directed by Gregory Wilson and based on Jack Ketchum’s 1989 novel of the same name (itself inspired by the real-life torture and murder of Sylvia Likens in 1965), this film is a harrowing psychological horror-drama. It tells the story of two orphaned sisters who are subjected to horrific abuse by their aunt and neighborhood children.
Set in a quiet 1950s suburb, the film follows two sisters, Meg and Susan Loughlin, who are placed in the care of their mentally unstable aunt, Ruth Chandler, after the death of their parents. Ruth's resentment toward the girls quickly turns into a cycle of brutal physical and psychological abuse.
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