Top Bad Seed Movies

[TheWickerFan]

Originally Posted by BookZombie

Is not a 16 year old technically still a child?

I really think the children in question need to be under the age of 12 in order to qualify; otherwise something like A Clockwork Orange would count.

[swiss tony]

Here's a pointless question; what's the youngest 'bad seed' in horror movie history?

Zombie baby in the Dawn of the Dead remake?

[BookZombie]

I do not know about Regan, she is definitely creepy, but at times with the head spinning and vomiting and knife...well I would say she is more shocking than creepy, creepy for me have always meant a bit more subtlety. Toshio however I can agree with.

Here's a pointless question; what's the youngest 'bad seed' in horror movie history?

Well in It Lives Again the parents find out that they are carrying a monster baby and at least 1/3 of the movie is the parents trying to figure out what to do about it and trying to prevent the little monster baby from getting killed. Though in Rosemary's Baby there is an even younger evil embryo so perhaps that is the youngest.

I really think the children in question need to be under the age of 12 in order to qualify; otherwise something like A Clockwork Orange would count.

Alright then I exchange Carrie for Dune (The David Lynch movie.) and the bad seed in question is then off course St Alia of the Knife.

[Fearonsarms]

Great to see a mention for David Lynch's Dune. Have you read the book bookzombie? I think Lynch did an admirable attempt to film it but the sheer scale and scope of utter pandemonium the book subtley implies is impossible to tanslate to screen. I avoided reading the sequels cos I can't see how they can top the original.

[BookZombie]

I am a big fan of the Dune book series, so yes I have read Dune. I do not think the sequels top the original, but they do continue the saga and quite well. The prequel novels that have lately been produced by Herbert's son Brian Herbert however is another story. They are sort of fun science fiction and I do read them, but they can not match the majesty of Dune.

I like the David Lynch movie, in a way it captures the mood of Dune very well, and Frank Herbert himself was in on the creation process and sanctioned allot of the special effects, like the navigator puppet. However I think he when a bit overboard with the Harkonens, well are they evil but why are they slaughtering cows in a hallways?

[Fearonsarms]

Yes I agree about the Harkonens in Lynch's Dune they were a bit OTT compared to the book but St Alia Of The Knife is delightful completely comes to life. Although there are rumours that the original film was something like four hours long and was heavily edited so I doubt we will ever see Lynch's full vision for the book. All this talk about the book makes me want to read it again so I might who knows I may actually be tempted to continue the saga this time I could just be too pessimistic about the sequels and have overlooked them.

[neverending]

Soon after the film came out I heard an interview with Frank Herbert on Larry King (back when he was on the radio). Herbert said the original cut of the film was 7 hours long, and it was GREAT. I'd love to see that!

[BookZombie]

The original cut of Dune was extremely long and Lynch said that he did not want his name on any cut shorter than three hours as it would not be a true representation of his work, sadly A none listened to him and B the longest cut available is 2 and a half hours or so, however generally go for the longest version of the film you can find.

Basically if you are going to read the sequels then I recommend going for Dune Messiah and Children of Dune first, they continues the saga, with the same characters. God Emperor of Dune follows them but are set long after everyone save Paul's son is dead, the rest of the books in the series get a little weird, still good but weird. However the first two or three sequels those I fully recommend.

[Fearonsarms]

Shit it was originally 7 hours that's longer than I thought shame we will never see it.

Thanks bookzombie for the recommendations-I will keep this as reference when I get around to reading again. I think I burned out reading too much so on a bit of a long break at the moment (besides trying to finish The Scarlet Letter which is taking me months) so when I get back into ill deffo check them out cheers :)

[BookZombie]

My pleasure. I love books and I love to talk about them with people.

I wish they published the whole of Lynch's film, they could edit it a bit and make it into a mini series. I know there is a Dune miniseries, and it is quite good actually, and for following the story of the books it is better for it is longer, but it lacks the look and feel of Lynch's movie so just getting to see the whole of what Lynch made, no matter how long it may be would be great.