The Killer Next Door
– Ronnie Schwann is a 20-something with a comfortable life in a guesthouse behind his mother's home. T..
Ronnie Schwann is a 20-something with a comfortable life in a guesthouse behind his mother's home. The two share cigarettes, drugs and too much TV. During the day he works at a halfway home for the mentally ill where he develops an attraction for one of the patients, Sarah. When Sarah wanders through the neighborhood one day, lost and scared, Ronnie Ronnie brings her into his bedroom and plans to seduce her. Things go horribly wrong and Ronnie finds himself forced to cover up his plan. This edgy indie thriller explores Ronnie's 24-hour experience of life, love, death and the strong probability of a very long prison term.
01 Jan 2002
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Christopher Haifley
Matt Casado, Clayton Gardner
Adam Scott, Mark Pellegrino, Fini Goodman, Aimee Graham
Ronnie Schwann, a young man regarded as "slow," has affections for Sarah, a young woman who stays at Hope House, a facility for the mentally ill. Though Ronnie works at Hope House he doesn't follow procedure when he finds Sarah wandering outside the confines. He secrets her away, planning a seduction. His plans go awry, however, when his older brother, Keith, returns from prison.
1 nomination.