MOVIE · 1956
The Bad Seed
DramaHorrorThriller129 min
Christine Penmark begins to fear that the polished, mannerly daughter she adores may be something far darker after a classmate’s death puts young Rhoda at the center of suspicion. Nancy Kelly is Christine, trying to hold together a tidy household while doubts she has kept buried start to surface; Patty McCormack’s Rhoda is all braids, courtesy, and unnerving self-possession. As Kenneth Penmark remains devoted to his child, Christine’s private dread grows harder to hide, and the distance between Rhoda’s angelic appearance and the violence around her becomes impossible to ignore.
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