The Bad Seed (1985)
- Directed by
- Paul Wendkos
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 29 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A widow starts to suspect that her sweet nine-year-old daughter is responsible for a series of strange accidents and deaths. She must face the terrifying possibility that her child is a born killer.
unsettlingtenseslow-burncolddisturbinggrippingforeboding
What happens
The Bad Seed is a 1985 American made-for-television horror film directed by Paul Wendkos for ABC Television. In the film, freak fatal accidents force a widow to realize her precocious 9-year-old daughter was born to kill. Based on the William March novel The Bad Seed (1954), the film is a remake of the original film The Bad Seed (1956) as directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The scenes at fictional Fern Academy were shot at the AFI Conservatory in Los Feliz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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