2007 · thriller · crime · drama
The Girl Next Door
Directed by Gregory Wilson1h 31m2007
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.
Our read: The Girl Next Door (2007) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive thriller · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme thriller / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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