Girl in the Basement
Short description
A teenage girl named Sara hopes to escape her authoritarian father, Don, once she turns eighteen. However, before her birthday celebrations are complete, Don traps her in the basement of their family home.
This 2021 American crime thriller was produced by Lifetime, Swirl Films, and Big Dreams Entertainment. It marks the first directorial effort by Elisabeth Röhm, who later directed Switched Before Birth in 2021, Husband Father Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story and Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story in 2024, and The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story in 2026. The screenplay was written by Leslie Greif, Manu Boyer, and Barbara Marshall, with production handled by Eric Tomosunas, Alex Kerr, and Ron Robinson. The movie stars Judd Nelson as Don and Stefanie Scott as Sara, with Joely Fisher, Braxton Bjerken, and Kim Rosen in supporting roles.
The film has a runtime of 88 minutes. Audience reception is generally positive, with a rating of 7.6 on TMDB based on 894 votes and a rating of 6.3 on IMDb from 19,000 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the real story of Austrian girl Elisabeth Fritzl, who spent 23 years and 7 months in captivity at the hands of her father, Josef Stefan Fritzl, in a soundproof underground bunker. The girl was able to free herself on April 26, 2008.
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