5/17/2023 0 Comments The bad seed![]() ![]() Any infant in a horror movie raises the alarm in me, as does the presence of a dog. After the death of her father, she's been living with her aunt Angela (Michelle Morgan) who recently married and has a baby son. That effect feels diluted in "The Bad Seed Returns." The new, Louise Archambault-directed film (which was delayed airing due to the Texas elementary school shooting) starts when Emma is a teenager. Though "The Bad Seed" wasn't terrifying, by any stretch, it was unsettling, particularly in how the child manipulated the adults around her, something Grace inhabited with unnerving effect. ![]() Everything Emma does appears calculated, honed for maximum effect. That scene is repeated in "The Bad Seed Returns," as is the arranging of her outfits on her bed before school. The whole movie is a lot for Grace to carry on her sweater-set shoulders. It might not last the winter so enjoy its small blooms while you can. The talented Grace attempts to carry a film that doesn't seem very hardy. The strength of "The Bad Seed Returns" is, frankly, in its seed: the shadow of its 2018 version and its star. It's a shame because the fear in the movie flickers out, never really catching fire like the wood shop of the first film. According to Grace, in an interview with The List, "Ours was too dark and too graphic and violent," and Marshall was needed to tone the film down for its network release. Grace wrote the script along with her father Ross Burge Barbara Marshall, who wrote the 2018 film, did a rewrite. But "The Bad Seed Returns" is more subdued in its scares. And Mckenna Grace of "The Handmaid's Tale" steps into Emma's perfect, probably patent leather shoes once more for "The Bad Seed Returns," a direct sequel to the Rob Lowe-directed, made-for-TV remake of the 1956 film, which was itself an adaptation of the 1954 novel and play.īoth Emma and Lena kill when things don't go their way. "The Bad Seed Returns," the Lifetime sequel to the 2018 film " The Bad Seed," has more than a little in common with " Orphan: First Kill."īoth feature killer kids (sort of) and importantly, both mark a return to character for their original leads. Isabelle Fuhrman returned to the "Orphan" prequel to again play Lena, an adult woman posing as a child in order to find shelter and maybe love. ![]()
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