The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

Sylvia Likens

Gertrude Baniszewski

Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens

Lester Likens

Betty Likens

Paula Baniszewski

Stephanie Baniszewski

Johnny Baniszewski

Shirley Baniszewski

Prosecutor

Andy

Eric

Reverend Bill Collier

Marie Baniszewski

Hope Orbach

Coy Hubbard

Bradley

Patty

Teddy

Ricky Hobbs
Very good performances from Ellen Page and Catherine Keener for quite an empty movie. Could have been done much, much better with a proper direction and script.
Nice point of view of the torturers. It'd be easy to just show them as evil demons having fun doing bad things. I liked how the script portrays what they might had thought, sometimes very subtle. As the guy who had a crush on her and was rejected while she was still free, and later marked her. Paula who was pregnant and projected all her issues on Sylvia and wanted her to be seen as a prostitute. And Gertrudes herself who was old and ugly and probably was envy of Sylvia. Such possible motivations were shown without stimulating us to feel anger for them.
July 27, 2007

Sylvia Likens

Gertrude Baniszewski

Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens

Lester Likens

Betty Likens

Paula Baniszewski

Stephanie Baniszewski

Johnny Baniszewski

Shirley Baniszewski

Prosecutor

Andy

Eric

Reverend Bill Collier

Marie Baniszewski

Hope Orbach

Coy Hubbard

Bradley

Patty

Teddy

Ricky Hobbs
Very good performances from Ellen Page and Catherine Keener for quite an empty movie. Could have been done much, much better with a proper direction and script.
Nice point of view of the torturers. It'd be easy to just show them as evil demons having fun doing bad things. I liked how the script portrays what they might had thought, sometimes very subtle. As the guy who had a crush on her and was rejected while she was still free, and later marked her. Paula who was pregnant and projected all her issues on Sylvia and wanted her to be seen as a prostitute. And Gertrudes herself who was old and ugly and probably was envy of Sylvia. Such possible motivations were shown without stimulating us to feel anger for them.
