The Bad Seed

1956 • Directed by

Mervyn LeRoy

Thriller, Drama, Horror

For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.

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.