So my pitch to them was that the social horror element is a crucial element. He drew direct comparisons to the likes of Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare On Elm Street, if only to point out why The Girl Next Door wasn't in the same category of story - "I always looked at The Girl Next Door as a social horror, as opposed to your traditional fantasy horrors-your Freddy Kreugers and your Friday the 13ths, etcetera. And that’s why, even though it’s classified as a horror film, it’s very much a dark drama." He puts this view down to why he was chosen over other directions for The Girl Next Door too - " What I discovered later on was the consistent theme with the other directors was that they were focusing on the horror elements." " There are really three different stories here, and then of course you have the child abuse element, which to me was the social horror element. During an interview with blog, Wilson gave some fascinating insight into why viewing The Girl Next Door as under the horror genre umbrella doesn't align with his interpretation.
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