10 Horror Movies That Went Too Far

Where genre fans might praise horror for pushing boundaries and relish in the medium's ability to challenge its audience with difficult ideas and scenes, The Girl Next Door is one of the few movies that makes watchers recoil. Whilst its set up doesn't seem too far out of the realms of normality for horror - that of a suburban nightmare that sees two girls put into the custody of their abusive aunt - it's knowing that it's based on a true story, and what the film doesn't shy away from, that serves as a big line crossed.

Seen through the eyes of a regretful David who flashes back to a case where he couldn't save a victim, we watch as Meg is tortured by her guardian with increasing brutality. It culminates with a scene that involves a blow torch that will have any audience member crossing their legs, and one entirely unnecessary to be put to screen. The book that the tragic real life case is detailed in actually chooses to be more suggestive in this moment, but what we get is an absolutely horrifying moment forced into life, to say the very least.

Reality is always the most terrifying of all, as The Girl Next Door proves.