Neighbor

The film opens with exterior shots of a quiet suburban house and a young woman known as The Girl moving about the property, dancing after preparing breakfast. The mood is calm but uneasy as she goes about a routine that will soon take a dark turn. The scene establishes The Girl's outward normalcy before the violence unfolds.

The Girl enters a bedroom and discovers a man and a dead woman tied to chairs. She acts shocked, but it becomes clear she is the captor who has already tortured them. This moment confirms the house as a site of violent control.

The Girl reveals that she killed a female relative and possibly their baby. She hints at having claimed more victims, signaling a spread of violence beyond the initial couple. The revelation reframes the events as premeditated terror rather than isolated acts.

She stabs the husband in the chest, ending his life in a swift act of violence. She collects the dripping blood in a wine glass, turning the murder into a ritualized moment. The scene emphasizes her cold, methodical brutality.

The Girl targets an elderly woman by tampering with her medication, ensuring a slow, manipulated demise. She then pursues a high school student, drowning her in a bathtub after failed attempts to electrocute her. These acts extend the killer's reach beyond the initial couple.

The Girl moves on to stalking Don Carpenter, a stoner musician who lives alone. She captures him and imprisons him in his recording studio basement. The capture marks the shift from random acts to an extended, personal fixation.

In the basement, The Girl tortures and mutilates Don while feeding him drugs that trigger hallucinations and flashbacks. She also brings in Don's friends and ex-girlfriend, who are captured and killed in a sequence that underscores her total control. The atmosphere is claustrophobic and cruel.

Don weakly attempts to fight back as The Girl strangles him, and she breaks down in tears during the act. Her moment of emotion contrasts with the cold efficiency of the killings around him. The struggle signals the end of Don's life and the reduction of any human connection in the basement.

After killing, The Girl arranges Don's body and his friends' bodies around the basement like a grotesque tableau. The meticulous placement reveals her need for control and performance within the act of killing. This chilling display cements the basement as a stage for her brutality.

The Girl goes upstairs where Don had been planning a party, greets the guests, and then leaves the house. She dances down the street, abandoning the social scene she had once disturbed. The sequence juxtaposes normalcy with horror, culminating in her departure.

As the credits roll, Mike, one of Don's band mates who seemed to die earlier, awakens and coughs up the drain-cleaner chemicals. He screams for help when he realizes he is blind. The moment leaves the audience with a unsettling cliffhanger about survival and perception.