The Bad Seed

Starring: Blair Brown, Carrie Wells, Lynn Redgrave, et al.

Rachel Penmark is such a different little girl. So calm, so well-mannered -- so deadly. The Bad Seed had been a novel, a Broadway play and a landmark 1956 movie before this film brought the harrowing story of a demented child's secret trail of violence to a new generation. Blair Brown (Fringe) heads a stellar cast as Rachel's gentle mother Christine, who gradually discovers the truth about her psychopathic daughter -- and about the horrors of her own forgotten childhood. As Christine fits the puzzle pieces together, tension and menace build into a taut cocoon of overpowering dread. And, unlike the earlier movie, this production includes the original ending, a chilling denouement considered too shocking for '50s audiences.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 012236119012
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Live / Artisan
• Director: Paul Wendkos
• Starring: Blair Brown, Carrie Wells, Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine, Richard Kiley, David Ogden Stiers
• Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Color; Widescreen; NTSC; Subtitled
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.