Movie

The Bad Seed

1963 · 105 min

A slow, uneasy watch that keeps you studying a child's innocent face while dread quietly builds around her mother's dawning suspicion.

Overview: Alev seems like your average, sweet eight-year-old girl. When her rival at school dies in mysterious circumstances at the school picnic her mother starts to suspect that Alev was responsible.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Guilt, family, deception, morality
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
family
deception
morality
death
Places: small town
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none