Girl on the Third Floor is a 2019 American horror film directed by Travis Stevens, who co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Johnstone and Ben Parker.

It stars Phil "CM Punk" Brooks as a deeply flawed man who renovates an old home for himself and his wife, and the supernatural events that ensue as they prepare to move in.

Girl on the Third Floor was released worldwide on Netflix on October 25, 2019, having garnered largely positive reviews at the South By Southwest, Boston Underground, and London FrightFest film festivals.

[1] Don Koch, a man from Chicago with a criminal past, purchases an old house in the nearby town of Ellington with hopes for a new start alongside his pregnant wife Liz and their dog Cooper.

He witnesses strange events within the home, including a sludge-like substance seeping from the walls and fixtures, as well as the appearance of marbles scattered throughout the house.

[2] Girl on the Third Floor was released on Netflix on October 25, 2019,[3] though it did raise box office of $145,856 from brief theatrical runs in Mexico and Russia.

[2] Anton Bitel of SciFiNow designated the film a "highly accomplished" haunted house story for the #MeToo generation: "The undoing of 'King Don' is a belated revenge of the female repressed, as well as a long history of perverted patriarchy replaying itself ad nauseam and deconstructing... the uneasy, even exploitative and violent relations between men and women.

"[16] Deidre Crimmins from RueMorgue noted that while "nearly equal screen time is given to lingering on both male and female bodies, the film itself never quite gets away from feeling a little unkind to women".

[18] In trying to define the film for her readers, Heather Wixson of Daily Dead noted that Stevens' "memorable directorial debut" feels like what one would get "if Clive Barker and H.P.

[20] Film School Rejects writer Rob Hunter pointed out that while haunted house films usually involve misdeeds of the past affecting the present, Girl on the Third Floor instead has present-day bad behaviors "unintentionally reaching out to past transgressions" while opining that Brooks resembles "nothing less than the angry love child of Jon Hamm and Ted Raimi with his expressive antics here—walking a fine line with a character who earns our sympathy before threatening to lose it".

Hunter saw the main character as needing to find redemption for his past misdeeds and expressed his hope that "this guy, finally, will understand and acknowledge his actions before it's too late".

[21] Nick Johnston of Vanyaland described the connection between the main character's behavior and the house's reaction: "Stevens' thematic goals here are interesting and compelling.

"[22] Adi Robertson of TheVerge.com noted that, instead of trying to push the narrative limits of the haunted house trope, Girl on the Third Floor generates suspense through the predictable and inevitable fall of the main character, using foreshadowing and jump scares.

It is also clear that Stevens is exploring the fallout of toxic masculinity through Don's disreputable past and his refusal to accept help with the extensive renovations."

[24] Brian Tallerico from RogerEbert.com stated that Stevens' previous experience as a producer of respected indie horror films was evident in his directorial debut.