Synopsis
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.
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Cast
- Blythe AuffarthMeg Loughlin
- Daniel MancheDavid Moran
- Michael ZegenEddie
- Catherine Mary StewartMrs. Moran
- Grant ShowMr. Moran
- Graham Patrick MartinWillie Chandler Jr.
- William AthertonAdult David Moran
- Blanche BakerRuth Chandler
- Mark MargolisHomeless Man Hit By Car
- Benjamin Ross KaplanDonny Chandler
Recommendations
- 75
TV Guide Magazine
Neither Ketchum nor the filmmakers take an exploitative approach to the material; their focus is the way the youngsters' petty cruelty erupts into murderous sadism. - 40
Film Threat
The result is a great-looking bore. - 30
The New York Times
Gregory M. Wilson, the film’s director, has made the kind of movie that makes you wish you could rinse your brain in bleach, to wash all traces of it from your memory. - 20
Village Voice
Any resonance from that real-life atrocity gets smothered by a script that interlaces clichéd dialogue so tightly as to block out any glint of recognizable human behavior. - 12
New York Post
If there is anything positive in The Girl Next Door, it is the brave performance by Auffarth, who is in her early 20s. Other than that, there's little reason to see the movie. Unless, of course, you get off on watching the sexual exploitation of underage girls.
