The Girl Next Door (2007)

Truly Dreadful Film

Good start, but then it gets ruined

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

This film is disturbing and engrossing of course but it definitely is well filmed,has good acting,is very well made also you can't really take your eyes off the screen it's interesting the story that is told it's sad what happens of course after all the torture and abuse this poor girl took was almost sickening to watch but not as bad as for example A Serbian Film that's just perverse this isn't not really I've already seen this a couple of times what happens is brutal but not the most brutal abuse I've ever seen on screen I'd say check it out if you're a fan of psychological films ones that mess with your mind because this one definitely will I don't want to get into detail about what happens for those who haven't seen this but want to and people who have already know. All I'm doing is voicing my opinion I do recommend it if you want a film that is messed up but not too messed up that's the best way to put it it's more shocking to watch than brutal I mean everything this girl went through at the hands of her own family her blood you should never treat your family like that and it of course began with one of the boys from back then as an adult starting to tell the story. Give it an 8/10.

This film is not for children. Or grandmas. Or people so sensitive to aberrant lifestyles that the bad guys in this movie will make them hurl. I must be a sick puppy because the film didn't show that much torture, I mean, not compared to some of those brutal foreign-language horror flicks like "L'Intereur" or "Irreversible."The plot is not worth going over here; it's essentially the same movie as "An American Crime" with Ellen Page and Catherine Keener. Both films are extremely daring and challenging. If, like me, you developed PTSD because of constant beatings during childhood, both films could be near impossible to watch. But I'm a sick, twisted individual, so these films are right up my alley."The Girl Next Door" is based on a true story but you have to wonder how much liberties the filmmakers too. Remove a clitoris with a blowtorch? Holy sh*t! That's about the worst form of torture I've ever heard. Glad they didn't show it. I really might have hurled myself. The acting in this movie was good; the young boys were believable, too. Again, stay away from this movie if your stomach is weak. If "Dogtooth" didn't faze you, this one won't, either.

If you haven't yet seen the movie, please don't. It will not only waste an hour and a half of precious time, which you will never get back. But it will also leave you wanting to punch the wall until your knuckles bleed. Anyone who rated this over 2 stars is clearly a troll trying to ruin your movie night. Where do I begin? The acting was worse than that of a third grade school play. I have no idea where they found these actors but none of them showed a single genuine emotion during the entirety of the film. The way the dialogue was written was even worse, if possible, and every line seemed rehearsed an unnatural. On top of that, the actions of the characters made no sense what so ever. Imagine how irritated you get when a character does something completely foolish in a bad horror movie. That's what this movie does to you, but way worse and all the way through to the end. The story might have been an okay one, yet it was completely slaughtered by how badly the movie was executed. Now you may brush this review off saying I just don't know what I'm talking about, and I can admit that I'm not in any way a professional movie critic. But I love watching movies and I've seen almost a thousand films in my lifetime. This is the single worst one of all of them, including the ones my classmates made in high school with a cheap camera as some half-ass school project. Some bad movies can be charming and entertaining in their own way, or even funny due to how badly made they are. Not this one though. It's as if the director had never even watched a film before making this one, and no one on the set was brave enough to tell him how awful it was going to turn out.I'm glad I got to get this off my chest cause this movie made me so angry that it literally ruined my night. I hope you don't make the same mistake that I did. Find a different movie to watch tonight, and it will save you the energy of getting totally furious.

I'd read that The Girl Next Door was harsh viewing, and was fully expecting a film that delivered a barrage of explicit on-screen violence. What I got wasn't nearly as graphic as I had imagined, but thanks to its 'based on a true story' subject matter and impeccable performances all round, the film proved to be as soul-crushing, demoralising, utterly nasty, and incredibly sad as can be.Blythe Auffarth plays teenager Meg Loughlin, survivor of a terrible car crash that claimed the lives of her parents and which left her younger sister Susan (Madeline Taylor) seriously disabled. When the sisters are sent to live with their cousins in the country, they are subjected to mental and physical torture at the hands of their bitter and twisted Aunt Ruth (a thoroughly chilling performance from Blanche Baker), who encourages her sons and their friends to join in with the abuse. David (Daniel Manche), the boy next door who has befriended the older sister, is appalled by what he witnesses, but is unable to prevent poor Meg from being beaten, branded, raped and mutilated.A totally harrowing experience designed to leave you feeling numb inside, this is far from what could be described as an enjoyable film, but as a study of just how corrupt and evil people can be to a fellow human being, there are few that are more effective. Kudos to all involved in making such a powerful ode to the sickness inherent in mankind.