The original ‘evil eight-year-old’ chiller adapted from the eponymous play, which has inspired Nick ‘Yea verily, I did see an ass with six heads, cobber’ Cave, countless ‘dark’ comedy writers, and the MPPC to change the ending to a morally-rigid ‘crime doesn’t pay’ punchline, complete with a bizarre round of post-credits corporal punishment. Top that, League of Gentlemen!
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Tom Ronson
January 11, 2022 at 2:17 am
There was also a made-for-TV remake in the 1980s, which nobody seems to have a good word for. Wouldn’t mind seeing it again, actually, although there’s every probability that it’s cobblers.
George White
January 15, 2022 at 2:30 pm
Patty McCormack, the Bad Seed herself played Anne Fourmile in the US remake of George and Mildred, the Ropers. Jeffrey Tambor was Geoffrey.