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    The Girl Next Door

    R2004 · Romantic comedy · 1h 48m

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  2. Nov 21, 2023 · Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door novel was inspired by the real-life torture and murder of a teenage girl named Sylvia Likens in 1965. Sylvia's abuser, Gertrude Baniszewski, was a family friend, not her aunt, but the circumstances were very much the same.

  3. Jan 30, 2023 · How the true story inspired The Girl Next Door. Sylvia’s tortuous death inspired the movie The Girl Next Door. It was released in 2007, and it was directed by Gregory M. Wilson. The movie is centered around a teenage girl named Meg Loughlin (Blythe Auffarth) and her disabled sister, whose parents were killed in a car accident.

  4. Oct 23, 2021 · Yes, ‘The Girl Next Door’ is based on a true story. It’s the cinematic adaptation of the 1989 namesake novel by Jack Ketchum, who drew inspiration from circumstances surrounding the 1965 murder of Sylvia Likens to write the novel.

  5. May 14, 2023 · Some details may have changed from reality to film, but "The Girl Next Door" doesn't stray too far from the real story. In real life, Sylvia and her sister Jenny Likens were entrusted to...

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  6. Megan and her little sister, ten year-old Susan (Madeline Taylor), have just moved in with David's next door neighbor, divorcee Ruth Chandler (Blanche Baker) and her three sons. Meg and Susan have recently been orphaned after a car accident that left Susan crippled.

  7. Story by Jonathan Fuge. • 2mo • 3 min read. In an interview with MovieWeb, Emile Hirsch has explained why he thinks The Girl Next Door still holds up all these years later.

  8. Jan 9, 2014 · The movie may be based on a Ketchum novel, but Ketchum’s novel is based on the true story of the 1965 murder of Sylvia Likens, a sixteen year old girl from Indianapolis.

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