The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

  • Director: Mervyn LeRoy
  • Writer: John Lee Mahin,Maxwell Anderson,William March
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: September 12, 1956
  • Aspect ratio: 4:3
  • Also known as: Böse Saat
  • "The Bad Seed" is a suspense thriller directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring John Lee Massing screenwriter , Nancy Kelly , Henry Jones, Anna Eileen Herbert , Paul Fix, Joan Croydon, etc. 
    The film tells the story of Christine Penmark, who is always surrounded by all kinds of cruel mysteries that keep repeating, and all clues point to the story of her always well-behaved and lovely daughter.

    Details

    • Release date September 12, 1956
    • Filming locations Midwest Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies Warner Bros.

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,000,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

     ( 9 ) Add reviews

    • By Cullen 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      bad kind, kinda

      Bad Seed ("Bad Seed"), a black-and-white feature film directed by American director Murph Yun Lero in 1956, was only fortunate to watch yesterday. The storyline is tight and gripping, the suspense is plausible, and the performance is tepid. The screenwriter, director, and actor are a classic. A child serial killer with a simple purpose: kill anyone who prevents me from getting what I want. The old lady who said she liked her and wanted to give her a gift after she died, she didn't have to...

    • By Amelia 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      Please see "Sweet Alice"

      Thought she was going to kill her mother in the hospital in a raincoat and then go on living with her wickedly and unknowingly father, so the movie is pretty heavy-handed and introspective. As a result, I went to win gold medals, and I was struck to death by lightning! That Lei not only killed the little bastard, but I was also stunned by Lei, and it was a failure to modify the ending.
      The movie "Sweet Alice" is a bit beautiful and weird. It also tells about the murder of a child, but even...

    • By Winifred 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      A Little About Rhoda's Child Psychoanalysis

      Oedipus complex

      Rhoda's attachment to her father is particularly evident in family relationships. Rhoda's close attitude towards his father, asking his father "Will he write a letter to mother?" is obviously strange, a subconscious enquiry about his mother. The joy after getting a reply of "I will write a one-page letter to you alone", and the subsequent compliment to my father "you are so big and strong" shows the strong subconscious attachment to my father.

      It is not accidental...

    • By Grace 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      Forget the rotation, watch people play bad

      Aside from the lineage theory, what is "I'm a hero and a hero, I'm a reactionary bastard", this is all we have left to play, a grandmother who has a serial murder has a granddaughter who is crazy, how old is she, she is really capable of doing it... ...In the end, I didn't even recite the curse, but there was a curse. God couldn't watch it. The thunder struck the little girl to death... Alas

      , but watching this little girl calmly killed one person after another, the film is still...

    • By Marcia 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      Very Rare Child Crime Movies in Early Hollywood

      In the early days of Hollywood, there were extremely rare children's crime movies, and even religious metaphors such as demon possession and demon genetic inheritance. The degree of evil is comparable to "The Exorcist" 20 years later and "The Silence of the Lambs" 40 years later. I believe Americans with religious beliefs will shudder when they watch this film. The 8-year-old loli in the film combines cold-blooded cruelty, camouflage, cunning, and shamelessness~ But after all, it is a Hollywood...

    User comments

      ( 108 ) Add comments

    • By Freida 2023-09-18 09:13:14

      The ending is abrupt! Compared with the excitement of the new version, the old version highlights the empathy between the audience and the parents of the victimized boy, as well as the struggle of the mother. The language of the old film is also...

    • By Braulio 2023-08-17 06:28:25

      The heart of the performance is false, but it is said that there is a different...

    • By Valentina 2023-08-12 19:33:18

      Child crime is an obscure subject that cannot be explained in words. In the past few days, I have seen the details of the "Futan Middle School Murder Incident" on Zhihu. It is hard to imagine the kind of cruel crime caused by childishness, ignorance and even nature. What kind of crime is this? To avoid and punish, it is even more...

    • By Hester 2023-08-01 23:42:31

      The nature is evil, the ending is a bit too...

    • By Krista 2023-06-07 02:28:34

      Reminds me of a band, the theory in the movie is the same as that one, is it also my genes that decide I love you, it's my genes that decides me to...

    Movie plot

    The classic literary feature film directed by Murph Yun Lero in 1956, based on the novel of the same name, tells the story of a family that gradually collapsed due to the "cuteness" of her daughter. The whole story is not complicated, but it can make people feel a heart-wrenching feeling, and the deep meaning contained in it is worth pondering!
    Kristin seems to have a perfect family, a "lovable" daughter and a caring husband, but her...
    more about The Bad Seed Movie plot

    Movie quotes

    • Christine Penmark: Did she kill him? But she's my little girl. And I love her. Oh my baby, my baby!

    • Hortense Daigle: He was such a lovely, dear little boy. He used to say I was his sweetheart and he was going to marry me when he grew up. I would laugh so. "No you won't. You'll forget about me long before then. You'll find a prettier girl and marry her." And do you know what he said then? "No, I won't. 'Cause there isn't a prettier girl in the whole world than you are."

    • Claudia Fern: Smooth the wrinkles from your brow my dear, your face is so much prettier when smiling.