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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Trivia
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.

Crazy credits
[caption written for closing angle on Rachel, never used; left on cutting room-floor] THE BEGINNING

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Remade as Law & Order: Killerz (1999)

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1/10

Dreadful Remake

Why not leave a classic alone unless you can actually improve it? The little girl reminds me of a robot reciting her lines and lacks the believability of a "scary" murderous child. Additionally the changes in the script for updating purposes actually work AGAINST the story line not for it. For example, one of the charms of the original was the fact that any violence was left out of the view of the camera and to the viewers imagination. This version includes a visually graphic depiction of the little Miss Penmark's actions. Why bother to partially update the story instead of making a movie based on the original and using more "modern" and original ideas?