The Bad Seed (1956)
- Directed by
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 268 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A mother begins to fear that her eight year old daughter may be a psychopathic killer. She struggles with her growing suspicion and the evidence mounting against the child.
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What happens
The Bad Seed is a 1956 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones and Eileen Heckart, about an eight-year-old girl whose mother begins to suspect that she might be a psychopathic killer. The film adapts the 1954 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson, which in turn is based on William March's 1954 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by John Lee Mahin. Kelly, McCormack, and Heckart each garnered Academy Awards nominations for their performances, as well as Harold Rosson's cinematography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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