The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

Some little girls can be murder! Thirteen-year-old Rynn (Foster) is a gifted prodigy who lives in a big old house with her reclusive father...all alone. Or does she? When Rynn's nosy landlady and a lecherous neighbor (Sheen) begin to susupect that this little girl is hiding a dark and dangerous secret, Rynn is determined to preserve her isolated existence at any cost - and stop those vicious rumors dead in their tracks!

About time to make a remake?

I remember seing this film as a kid at 14, and ever sinse i bought my first vcr i have been trying to get a hold of this movie...
well......
let me just say, time flies....
I LOVE Jodie Foster in this movie,
Full of confidence and showmanship after the success in Taxidriver and
Bugsy Malone. However.. the cutting, both on the visual AND the soundtrack are poor and Miss Fosters exellent work truly deserves a better craftmanship than the final result.
It would have been REALLY interisting to see what Miss Foster could have done as a director on a remake on this potential creepy story....

John Robert Andresen,
Norway August 10, 2008

finally on dvd

thsi is a great movie jodie foster rocks finally on dvd took about 25 years of waitting June 28, 2008

Little Man Tate who Lives down the Lane!

They need to remake this with Jodie Foster again but with Charlie Sheen instead of Martin. Enjoyable for its time, moves a little slow compared to todays movies. May 18, 2008

Excellent 1st foray (or pretty near 1st) by Foster

Unexpectedly charming and creepy performance by Martin Sheen. Jodie Foster says more with her body-language and facial expressions than she does with her lines. The recurring theme of kids being at the arbitrary mercy of adults is done to perfection, without too much exposition. The sound-track is at times gripping and original and, sadly, at others stinks of '70s 'faux-hip'. One detraction is a pointless (but thankfully brief) nude scene that I fast-forward through. Overall, a wonderful film. February 22, 2008

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. I ordered this movie as a gift. I was happy with the quality of the product and the service. The delivery time was surprisingly faster than I thought it would be. The gift recipiant was also happy. Thank you very much. I don't order items on line often but when the needarises I will be back. January 14, 2008

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