The Bad Seed

TV Movie
1985
Unrated
1h 40m

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A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.

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5.6/10

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 nominations total

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2/10

Pretty bad

I never saw the original "The Bad Seed", but I recall my mother telling me about it and how chilling Patty McCormack's performance was. It is possible that just hearing about the original clouded my judgment, but here's my opinion.

In this version, Carrie Wells was anything but chilling, she was just plain whiny, spoiled, and annoying. I never felt disturbed while watching her, I just felt irritated. She never came across as "evil", just bratty. I just kept wanting to slap the you know what out of her.

I didn't find any of the other actors to be all that impressive in their roles, either.

alliesmom97
Feb 18, 2005
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Patty McCormack, star of the 1956 film, was offered the role of Monica Breedlove. However, after reading the script, she promptly turned down the part.