While I enjoyed both the 1956 movie and the 1980s MFTV remake that was truer to the original novel. This version was just too different from the story we loved in past versions. The girl semed too brooding unlike Patty McCormick's Rhoda who seemed so sweet and lovable contrary to her real sociopathic personality fooling everyone who knew her except Leroy. The name of her victim was changed. Despite some similarities to original this version just failed to hold my interest. Just too bizarre.