away. Once the Reverend leaves, Gertrude orders everyone into the basement, where she restrains Sylvia and begins branding the words "I'M A PROSTITUTE AND PROUD OF IT" on her stomach with a heated needle. Gertrude passes the needle to her teen neighbor Ricky Hobbs to finish the branding. That night, Paula helps an injured Sylvia escape from the basement. Gertrude is awakened by another daughter and tries to catch Sylvia, but she is stopped by Paula. Ricky drives Sylvia to her parents. They are horrified by Sylvia's condition and drive her back to the Baniszewski house at her request to make sure Jenny is okay. When Sylvia enters, she sees a distraught Stephanie trying to revive Sylvia with Ricky's help, but to no avail, indicating that the entire escape and reunion with her parents had been a hallucination. Sylvia soon dies in the arms of Stephanie and Ricky, after which Gertrude claims that the death has nothing to do with her. Once the police arrive, Jenny agrees to testify in court in exchange for her freedom. At the murder trial, Jenny says Gertrude threatened her with the same treatment if she told anyone. Again, Gertrude denies all wrongdoing and tries to frame her children and their friends for Sylvia's death. However, her attempts to frame all her witnesses backfire as she is sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder. Sylvia's voice narrates the fates of her other murderers. Gertrude, in her prison cell, briefly sees Sylvia's ghost. Cast Elliot Page as Sylvia Likens Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski Hayley McFarland as Jenny Fay Likens Ari Graynor as Paula Baniszewski Nick Searcy as Lester Likens Romy Rosemont as Betty Likens Evan Peters as Ricky Hobbs James Franco as Andy Gordon Brian Geraghty as Bradley Michael Welch as Teddy Lewis Scott Reeves as Eric Jeremy Sumpter as Coy Hubbard Scout Taylor-Compton as Stephanie Baniszewski Tristan Jarred as Johnny Baniszewski Hannah Leigh Dworkin as Shirley Baniszewski Carlie Westerman as Marie Baniszewski Bradley Whitford as Prosecutor Leroy K. New Michael O'Keefe as Reverend Bill Collier Production Principal photography took place in 2006. Most of the cast were completely unaware of the real Likens murder until after they read the script, which was based largely on actual court transcripts from the case. Catherine Keener originally turned down the role of Gertrude Baniszewski; however, after she could not get the story out of her head,