The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

1963 · 105 min · ★ 8.2 · Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

Directed by Nevzat Pesen · Written by Maxwell Anderson

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