The Bad Seed (1956) Poster

(1956)

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Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

  • Violence is spoken of more than seen. We hear that a small girl kicked a boy violently, deliberately letting him drown, and helped push an old woman down a flight of stairs to her death.
  • We hear about several ways that a female serial killer murdered her victims.
  • At one point a girl sets a fire to kill a man, and we hear him yelling in pain from the building.
  • A woman tries to kill her child with an overdose, and herself with a bullet, when she finds that her child's a killer.
  • A lightening bolt hits and destroys a dock where a small girl was sitting.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some adults are seen drinking.
  • A woman is shown severely drunk twice.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There are several very intense scenes where the child antagonist is screaming or describing how she killed people, and her mother is horribly upset.
  • At one point, the mother has terrifying memories of trying to escape from her own mother, a serial killer.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • At the end of the credits, the main antagonist (a small girl) is turned over her mother's lap and spanked.

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