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A Balasaur Score of 67 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 64%, Metacritic 51/100. Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 3 titles in its series.
Synopsis
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes64%
Metacritic51/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
276 audience votes
Key crew
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
- John Lee MahinScreenplay
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Patty McCormackRhoda Penmark
- Nancy KellyChristine Penmark
- Henry JonesLeroy Jessup
- Eileen HeckartHortense Daigle
- Evelyn VardenMonica Breedlove
- William HopperCol. Kenneth Penmark
- Paul FixRichard Bravo
- Jesse WhiteEmory Wages
- Gage ClarkeReginald "Reggie" Tasker
- Joan CroydonClaudia Fern
- Frank CadyHenry Daigle
- Frances BavierWoman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
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Themes
lightningconfessionchild murdermurderlightning boltpsychoticevil childcautionarymurder confessioncriticalforebodingominous