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The Bigger Picture film club ? ?The Bad Seed? (1956) at East Dulwich Tavern on 20 October 2016


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The Bigger Picture film club will be showing ?The Bad Seed? (1956) at 8pm on Thursday, 20 October 2016, Upstairs at East Dulwich Tavern.


When a young boy is found drowned at a school picnic, Christine starts to wonder if there is something wrong with her daughter...


Cult creepy classic about cherubic 8-year-old Rhoda Penmark (Patty McCormack) who seems to be a perfect schoolgirl, but when one of her school mates is killed, her own mother (Nancy Kelly) starts to wonder what kind of child her daughter is. Adapted from the 1954 novel by William March, The Bad Seed is a precursor of landmark films such as Psycho and The Omen, in which a child is the fulcrum of terror. Has she inherited evil from her family or has it come from what?s around her? Interest in popular psychology became more prevalent in the 1950s and the film explores contemporary ideas of nature versus nurture and what recourse adults have when dealing with a child like Rhoda. A claustrophobic atmosphere pervades this picture of small town America and the tension is ramped up to reveal the chilling truth that the one you love is a sociopathic monster. Wonderful performances by Patty McCormack and Nancy Kelly as mother and daughter.


Director: Mervyn LeRoy, screenwriter: John Lee Martin, with Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, William Hopper


USA 126 minutes. Cert 12. All tickets ?7.


Bar opens from 7pm. Film at 8pm.


Tickets ?7 from WeGotTickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/351061

The Bigger Picture website: http://www.thebiggerpic.co.uk/

The Bigger Picture Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/thebiggerpic?ref=tn_tnmn


Location:

Upstairs at East Dulwich Tavern

1 Lordship Lane

London SE22 8EW


Rail: East Dulwich;

Buses: P13, 37, 185, 176, 40, 484

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