Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Labyrinthine
- Violence
- Graphic
- psychedelic
- disturbing
- paranoid
- late night horror viewing
- cult movie marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The abduction program, mind-control dolls, and shifting status of controlled characters make agency deliberately unstable.
The Aqua Velva drug produces otherworldly effects and drives the experimenters toward madness within a hidden-agency conspiracy.
The couple traffics in mind-control dolls while conducting experiments intended to create controlled sex slaves.
The abducted wrong girl is revealed to be a clone and assassin who does not initially know her own purpose.
Films like Girl Next, and why
Beyond the Black Rainbow
shares psychedelic horror, conspiracy-driven experimentation, violent instability, and unreliable perceptions
Martyrs
shares abducted-woman trauma, exploitation themes, revenge violence, and grim thriller intensity
The Void
shares mind-control paranoia, secret experimentation, surreal revelations, and body-horror unease
Jacob's Ladder
shares conspiracy thriller mechanics, drug-induced psychological collapse, and underground experimentation
Movie Details
- Director
- Larry Wade Carrell
- Release Date
- 2021-06-18
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rating
- 4.4 / 10 (32)
Cast
- Rachel Alig
- Larry Wade Carrell
- Paula Marcenaro Solinger
- Marcus Jean Pirae
- Lacey Cofran
- Kristen Marie Perry
- Melissa Arras
- Sarah Lingle
- Steve Joseph
- Patricia Bursiel
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Girl Next about?
- An abducted woman destabilizes a mind-control trafficking operation, only to uncover a hallucinatory conspiracy built around clones, assassins, and experimental drugs.
- What is Girl Next like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Girl Next as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as labyrinthine.
- Is Girl Next violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Girl Next as graphic.
- Which films are like Girl Next?
- Films with a similar feel include Beyond the Black Rainbow, Martyrs, The Void, and Jacob's Ladder.
- How long is Girl Next?
- Girl Next runs 102 minutes.
- Where can I watch Girl Next?
- In United States, Girl Next streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
