The Bad Seed

(1956)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 276 votes

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Horror

Year: 1956

Runtime: 129 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Cast: Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Генри Джонс, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, Уильям Хоппер, Paul Fix, Jesse White, Gage Clarke, Joan Croydon

Plot

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.

Christine Penmark seems to have it all: a lovely home, a loving husband and the most "perfect" daughter in the world. But since childhood, Christine has suffered from the most terrible recurring nightmare. And her "perfect" daughter's accomplishments include lying, theft and possibly much, much worse. Only Christine knows the truth about her daughter and only Christine's father knows the truth about her nightmare.