Once again the great Anchor Bay comes to the rescue, releasing The Girl Next Door on DVD December 4th. The Girl Next Door (Read Review Here) is the film based on the disturbing Jack Ketchum (Read Interview Here) book with the same name.

The movie is a fictional account of the real life crimes committed against Sylvia Marie Likens. “The real crime took place in Indianapolis in 1965, where the local police received a disturbing call about a dying girl, and instead found the emaciated body of a 16-year-old named Sylvia Marie Likens. She was discovered with cigarette burns on her body and the words: “I’M A PROSTITUTE AND PROUD OF IT!” etched into her skin. What was even more disturbing was that the crimes were committed by a group of teenagers and children, some as young as 11 and 12, led by 37-year-old Gertrude Baniszewski. Sylvia and her younger sister, the 15-year-old disabled Jenny Fay Likenshad, were placed in Gertrude’s care after their parents had left them to peruse life as carnies.”

Bonus features include:

* Audio commentary with Director Gregory Wilson, Producer Andrew van den Houten, (Read Interview Here and Cinematographer/Co-Producer William M. Miller
* Audio commentary with Novelist Jack Ketchum and Screenwriters Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman
* Interviews with Cast & Crew
* Exclusive Documentary: The making of /THE GIRL NEXT DOOR/
* Theatrical Trailer
* Screenplay (DVD-Rom)

*Info on Sylvia Likens was taken from Crime Library by Denise Noe