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The Bad Seed (1956)
Not only a true pioneer classic for the sub-genre of Evil child movies but as a film, in terms of making, characterization & a theme that was way ahead of its time...The Bad Seed is a much deserving film to be in any greatest lists for 50s Hollywood masterpieces. It's always a great challenge to tell such a sensitive story within a limited set up & few characters and the director Mervyn Leroy did an excellent job in creating an utterly gripping atmosphere where we see a psychological cat & mouse game between a helpless mother & her evil little girl. The very young Patty McCormack playing the title character Rhoda Penmark was a remarkable delightful watch. I strongly recommending this movie along with The Incredible Shrinking Man (If u haven't then please read NE's blurb in the HDC's top 100 list to understand the significance of this true gem) to get in the final cut. It'll be a great disappointment if we fail to recognize the greatness of the movies like this ones.
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