The girl next door was written by Jack Ketchum. The movie is based upon the real incidents that happened in Indianapolis when a woman Sylvia Likens was killed in 1965. The Girl Next Door was made in 1989. The movie is made in an autobiographical manner in which the main character, David, recalls his past. The movie starts with a single mother, Ruth, who is too frank with the neighborhood children and allows them in her house to do whatever they want. As she was herself a drinker, she even let them feel that she will not object even if they enjoy drinking with her. In this way, children were on her side and enjoyed coming to her residence. After some time, two nieces of Ruth came to her residence to live with their aunt as their own parents had died. In the beginning every thing seemed fine but, after some time, she started to feel irritation due to the burden of the two girls. Girls developed friendships with the other children. David feels love for Meg who is one of Ruth’s Nieces. As with the passage of time, Ruth has become irritable and cynical, the innocent girls’ presence started to haunt her. Ruth started to treat them harshly and, most of the time, the girls remained under fire. Ruth used to abuse and scold them in the presence of other children. Then she encourages other children to tease them. Then a time comes when she started to torture them physically. Once Ruth became so much furious and locked the girls in the basement. She beats Meg so much that she is severely injured in the lock up. Meg consequently dies. David thinks upon rescuing her love but police come and ask Ruth to lead them to the girls. While David and Ruth were going upstairs to lead the police toward the girls, David pushes Ruth and she falls to death. Police officer, knowing the evilness of Ruth, pretends that it was an accident.
Jack Ketchum's the Girl Next Door
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