The Bad Seed Returns

No one can say that the original Bad Seed (1956) is not a riveting psychological horror/thriller. Watching a mother slowly realize that she is raising a straight up psychopath is nothing short of horrific. Great film.

The Bad Seed (2018) is a watered down version of the classic with the twist of a father learning these truths about his daughter. It's an average watch because it just didn't bring anything fresh enough to give it a je ne sais quoi to make it very appealing. Also, its hard to measure up this father/nefarious daughter film with Orphan (2009) being similar but setting a much higher standard.

I was interested to see where they would take the storyline with an older McKenna (even though I would've preferred seeing an older version of Rhoda from the '56 film). True to deranged form, McKenna doesn't fail to be an uncomfortable person to watch.

She's still a shrewd egotist and masterful at hiding her darker side. We watch a few of her schemes turn into close calls and missed opportunities but the movie falls flat in terms of payoff. However, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a third film on the horizon.

It was 'meh'. I didn't love it and I didn't hate it. It was just a middle of the week, night on the couch watch for me. If they make a 3rd film, I'll watch it just to satisfy a slim curiosity.

I think this girl McKenna is going places, good acting. The reason I only gave it a 7 is because this movie drags out. The movie would have been much better if it had been shortened quite a bit, lots of the scenes were just to slow, and numerous scenes could have been eliminated. It's kind of a shame, because this could have been a real blockbuster if they just did better editing, shortening it, maybe putting in some better action scenes. I don't think you can compare this to this original bad seed movie made in 56, that was a great movie based on that time frame. Sometimes the movie producers just don't get it, a movie isn't a better movie because it's a long movie. This is the case here.

Secret psychopath Emma Grossman (Mckenna Grace) is now living with her aunt Angela's family. Kat is the new girl at her high school who comes from her old life. Kat suspects Emma for all the deaths. Of course, Emma has not changed and cannot change.

Mckenna Grace is almost an A-lister at this point, or Lifetime wouldn't continue this franchise. I don't think that she should continue this thing anyways. This reminds me of Macaulay Culkin doing The Good Son. It is always tough to have a villain as the lead character who has anti-rooting interest. I'm wondering if we should be following Kat instead.

I was disappointed with the movie because I thought Sara would finally get her punishment. How can a teenager get away with so much evil acts. The movie was unrealistic because the people who knew waited for her to continue to kill and not do anything even though they knew what she was capable of doing. I watched both movies and for her to continue her killing, was a little bit far fetched. It only showed that evil over powers the good. I don't think I will watch the next sequel if there is one because it showed a poor storyline. Let's hope in real life this would not happen because it would really be sad to know how easy it is for teenagers to do evil acts.

Perfect movie - the first one and this. I'm giving it a 10 because I know people who think they are badass critics will criticize this somehow as they always do. But it does deserve a 10 for what it is. A lifetime movie. If you have high expectations - please go watch a marvel movie!

The story line was good, clearly similar to the original as it should be. Good music too. I think that was almost the best part. Acting also on point from all the cast.

She is also talented for writing and producing herself too - I've seen it on her Instagram. Lovely actress with a bright future.

Give it a watch if you are having a relaxing day in watching movies or simply if you watched the first movie, you will be pleased.