![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not a supernatural thriller, but is spine tingling, and hair raising, all the same- even after all these years. I’m glad I picked this one as part of my October/Halloween reading this year. While I remembered the basics of the story, I’d forgotten most of the finer details that made this book such a fantastic thriller. I read this book decades ago, and later watched the 1956 film version. ![]() However, there is always one child that makes the list every single time: little Rhoda Penmark. If you do a Google search for a list of ‘Evil Children’ in literature, you’ll get an eclectic, and interesting group of lists. However, evil children became a popular horror novel trope beginning in the fifties and reaching an epic peak in the seventies.Įvil children still make an appearance in movies and novels, never completely going out of style, and of course, are not solely confined to the horror or thriller categories. Matilda from ‘The Monk’ by Matthew Lewis ,written back in 1796, for example. This book was originally published in 1954.Įvil children can be found in literature, going back centuries. The Bad Seed by William March is a 1972 Dell publication. ![]()
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