The Girl Next Door (2007) is a psychological horror-thriller film based on the 1989 novel by Jack Ketchum. It is a fictionalized account of the actual 1965 torture and murder of Sylvia Likens in Indiana. Movie Overview Plot Summary:
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The movie is a dramatization of the 1989 novel by Jack Ketchum, which was itself inspired by the infamous Sylvia Likens murder case of 1965. Sylvia Likens was a 16-year-old girl in Indiana who was brutally tortured and eventually killed by her caretaker, Gertrude Baniszewski, with the help of neighborhood children. The film is dedicated to Sylvia's memory. Movie Cast and Crew
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Personal Torture: Actress Blythe Auffarth (Meg) stated that the scenes where she was hung up and blindfolded were "pure torture" to film because she genuinely could not see or control her movements.
