The Bad Seed [hot]

However, as the decades rolled on, the trope shifted.

In 2018, a new generation was introduced to Rhoda via a Lifetime television movie. This version starred Rob Lowe and Mckenna Grace as Rhoda. It took significant liberties—moving the setting to a modern Southern Gothic aesthetic and changing the ending dramatically—but the core remained: a psychopathic child who kills to get what she wants. The Bad Seed