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The Bad Seed Returns

  • TV Movie
  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.6K
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Mckenna Grace in The Bad Seed Returns (2022)
After the murderous events that left her father dead, 15-year-old Emma, a seemingly typical teenaged girl, is now living with aunt Angela and navigating high school.  But the darkness can only be hidden for so long, especially when Angela's husband Robert begins to suspect Emma may not be as innocent as she appears, and a new girl at school seems to know Emma's secrets from the past.  Left with no choice, Emma slips back to her old ways to take care of her enemies by any means necessary.
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A new girl at school seems to know the secrets of Emma, who is anything but the typical teenage girl, so Emma must deal with her enemies by any means necessary.A new girl at school seems to know the secrets of Emma, who is anything but the typical teenage girl, so Emma must deal with her enemies by any means necessary.A new girl at school seems to know the secrets of Emma, who is anything but the typical teenage girl, so Emma must deal with her enemies by any means necessary.

  • Director
    • Louise Archambault
  • Writers
    • Maxwell Anderson
    • Ross Burge
    • Mckenna Grace
  • Stars
    • Mckenna Grace
    • Michelle Morgan
    • Benjamin Ayres
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    5.5/10
    1.6K
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    • Director
      • Louise Archambault
    • Writers
      • Maxwell Anderson
      • Ross Burge
      • Mckenna Grace
    • Stars
      • Mckenna Grace
      • Michelle Morgan
      • Benjamin Ayres
    • 27User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    • Emma Grossman
    Michelle Morgan
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    Benjamin Ayres
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    • Robert Costa
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    • Director
      • Louise Archambault
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      • Maxwell Anderson
      • Ross Burge
      • Mckenna Grace
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    5Foutainoflife

    Not Awful, Not Great

    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.
    7ebookgamer

    Worth a watch, forget it's Lifetime

    First of all, don't be put off by it being a Lifetime movie, if they start making all their movies this good, camera work, script, locations and acting, their reputation for movies will skyrocket. Worth a watch, and so glad I wasn't put off by it being a Lifetime movie.

    It's on par with quality films releases by Netflix or Prime, a lot of talented people involved in the acting through to bystanders and small details.

    The protagonist did remind me of Britney Spears' Baby one more time.

    Ignore bad reviews who compare it to the 1950s movie, it's 2022 now and stands on its own as a film. Try it, or watch the first one with the same actress in first, from 2018.
    6SnoopyStyle

    Mckenna Grace is back for more

    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.
    1mayerjunecabelinde

    So Bad, It's Scary

    I have watched my fair share of horrible thriller/horror movies but this is by far the worst (or best at being horrible?). The writing and logic can be likened to what I would've created as an 8 year old.

    A bunch of unfortunate coincidences happening around a certain girl does not raise eyebrows? Maybe her blonde hair gave her plot armor because she's invincible without reason

    Imagine this: a girl suspects someone to be a serial killer but get this... she willingly go to her house to talk about boys over hot chocolate? I think the appropriate genre for this is comedy because it's actually hilarious to watch how stupid the writers can get with this disastrous film.

    Hope the next movie is even more terrible so I can watch my new favorite comedy.
    6dwvgywsn

    The Bad Seed Returns

    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.

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    • Trivia
      Writing debut of Mckenna Grace.
    • Goofs
      In the first movie Emma had dark brown hair, but in the sequel she has blonde hair. This is the same case for Angela; she was a blonde in the first movie and is a brunette here.
    • Quotes

      Kat Sandburg: Never have I ever... Killed someone.

      Stephanie Lowford: [Emma proudly lights the cigarette and takes a deep puff] Who did you...? Who did you kill?

      Emma Grossman: My mom. When I was born.

      Stephanie Lowford: Oh, thank God. I mean... You know what I mean.

      Emma Grossman: What'd you think I meant? Did you think I actually killed someone? I'm not a psycho.

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      Follows The Bad Seed (2018)

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    • Release date
      • September 5, 2022 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Bad Seed: Emma's Revenge
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Beautiful Ghosts Productions
      • Front Street Productions
      • HBO Brasil
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.00:1

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