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Watch The Girl Next Door | Netflix. When Danielle moves to town, high school senior Matthew falls for her hard. But her former job as an adult film star may throw a wrench in his big plans. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Sylvia Likens and Gertrude Baniszewski — The Girl Next Door True Story Explained
- What Happened to The Real-Life Meg
- How The Girl Next Door Director Gregory Wilson Justifies Its Brutality
- The Girl Next Door Movie Came at An Odd Time For The Horror Genre
- Other Stomach-Churning True-Life Horror Films That Are Tough to Watch
- There's A Documentary That Covers The Girl Next Door True Story
The Disturbing Crime That Inspired Jack Ketchum's Horrific Story
The Girl Next Door was adapted from the novel by Jack Ketchum (who also wrote the book which inspired 2011's The Woman). Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door novel was inspired by the real-life torture and murder of a teenage girl named Sylvia Likensin 1965. Sylvia's abuser, Gertrude Baniszewski, was a family friend, not her aunt, but the circumstances were very much the same. Just as in the film, Gertrude's children and neighbor kids get involved in the abuse, which reaches horrifying levels. L...
The Tragic True Story Of The Real Girl Next Door
Sadly, Sylvia ended up dying in almost the same manner as her onscreen The Girl Next Door counterpart Meg, and there was no David equivalent there in real life to try and protect her. Sylvia died from a combination of the horrific abuse inflicted upon her and malnourishment. The abuse itself lasted for several months in The Girl Next Door true story — a harrowing realization considering the depth of abuse Gertrude Baniszewski subjected Sylvia Likens to. The fact any human being could endure a...
The Shock Factor Is Used To Explore Tragedy
The Girl Next Door uses shocking violence and brutality as a narrative and thematic tool. However, this doesn't make it free from criticism. Many still felt The Girl Next Door went too far, and — like many graphic horror movies of the era — employed means that the ends didn't justify. Director Gregory Wilson, for his part, attributes this to several factors. Interestingly, he points out that those expecting a more palatable horror film had such an adverse reaction because The Girl Next Door i...
Gregory M. Wilson's 2007 Movie Debuted During The Rise Of 'Torture Porn'
While the book can be simply categorized as horror or true crime, The Girl Next Door movie has a more complicated role in the wider evolution of the horror genre. In the 2000s, there arose a sub-genre of horror that came to be labeled 'torture porn' by many in the press. At the head of this pack were the Saw and Hostelfranchises, which featured excruciatingly brutal scenes of violence and gore courtesy of Jigsaw's death traps and the Elite Hunting Club, respectively. The idea behind the label...
The Girl Next Door Isn't The Only Disturbing Movie Based On A True Story
The Girl Next Door definitely isn't alone in bringing real cases of horror to life onscreen. For instance, the paranormal horror The Exorcism of Emily Rose tells the real storyof Anneliese Michel, a girl who was possessed by demons and suffered a year-long exorcism. Michel's ordeal, which involved suffering from convulsions and horrifying hallucinations, has since inspired nearly every other horror film dealing with demonic possession. There's also 2007's Borderland, which is based on the rea...
Documentary Series Deadly Women Has An Episode On Gertrude Banizewski
Deadly Women is a documentary series that ran from 2005 to 2021. The show focuses on murders committed by women, and one of its earliest seasons told The Girl Next Doortrue story. Season 3, episode 11, "Born Bad" focuses on three real-life stories, the first of which is the story of Gertrude Baniszewski. The episode sheds light on the case in a succinct manner, and the documentary doesn't give a full detailed account of the events as only a third of the episode is focused on the story. The De...
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Jack Ketchum ' s The GIRL Next Door (also known as Jack Ketchum's Evil) is a 2007 American thriller horror film directed by Gregory M. Wilson from a screenplay by Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman. It is based on Jack Ketchum's 1989 novel of the same name, which was inspired by the real-life murder of Sylvia Likens, to whom the movie is dedicated.
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2004. 1 hr 49 mins. Drama, Comedy. R. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A studious high-school senior falls for his new neighbour, only to discover the blonde bombshell is a former porn star. Director. 1...
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Apr 1, 2012 · 883 subscribers. Subscribed. 1.4K. 626K views 12 years ago. Based on the Jack Ketchum novel of the same name, The Girl Next Door follows the unspeakable torture and abuses committed on a...
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Feb 18, 2004 · Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a straight-arrow overachiever who has never really lived life... until he falls for his new neighbor, the beautiful and seemingly innocent...
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