Adam G. The Girl Next Door explores the horrors of extreme mental, physical, psychological and sexual child abuse in a way I've never seen before.This movie is absolutely chilling. It rattled me, and I'm not the easily rattle-able type.If you do have the stomach for it, I would definitely recommend giving this one a watch. It gets hard to watch in some scenes, but overall it's a good movie for it's subject matter. Fair warning, it is the kind of movie that you will only want to watch once.This movie stuck with me for days after I watched it, and it will stick with you too.

jtindahouse There are films out there like 'Saw' or 'Hostel' which set out to do little more than completely unease their audience. Strangely enough though, it is often films like 'The Girl Next Door' which actually achieve this to a greater extent, for the simple reason that they are more grounded and thus more realistic and plausible to those watching. Make no mistake, 'The Girl Next Door' is a very powerful film. It goes a lot further than I suspected it would simply from reading the synopsis. Also, the fact that I didn't know going in that this was a true story, and yet strongly suspected as much while watching (and turned out to be correct) also heavily implies this is a very well made and crafty film.Due to its power, this will not be a film for everybody to enjoy. I'm very experienced with these types of films, and I still found it a very tough watch at times. Considering the cast is mainly child actors (which can often be a bugbear of mine) I thought they performed very well. I can't think of a single member of the cast who gave a weak performance. This also very much helped to achieve what the film ultimately ended up being. I was very much impressed with 'The Girl Next Door' and if you think you have the stomach to handle watching it, I would recommend doing so.

jcvamp This film frustrated me. You've got a boy who watches the abuse happening and doesn't protest, yet he obviously knows it's wrong. He's not put in a situation where he's threatened, so I don't see why he wouldn't say something to somebody. It doesn't make sense.I don't know if that qualifies as a spoiler, so I've marked it as one in case.

redrobin62-321-207311 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.