I just finished watching this 2018 remake of the 1956 classic, and I am so disappointed. Why mess with/up perfection with nonsense?
Right from the beginning you can see that Emma/Rhoda is in control of her weak-minded widowed father. Hr caters to her every whim, and turns a blind eye to her blatant faults. When she starts killing (beginning with the cat, then moving on to her classmate, the headmistress, then her nanny) I was expecting the Dad to get a clue? Like IMMEDIATELY. Especially when he is TOLD by the headmistress that his precious Emma was with the dead boy right before he died? And what about when he finds out that she has that dead kid's medal after all? After she told him and the kid's parent's that she was NOT with him? And her Dad saw that the hornet's nest was missing after being told that the headmistress DIED FROM ONE IN HER CAR??????? Really? Then he thinks he can just go lay down and catch a couple of winks , LOLOLOL!!!!! JUST. DUMB.
Oh, and don't get me started on the "Nanny", okayyyy??? I mean, how she gon' let that 9-yr old psycho get the drop on her like that when she KNEW WHO/WHAT she was dealing with, as well as what she (Emma) was capable of....Unbelievable....And of course she (Emma) gets away with being a Murderous Mega Brat, instead of being exposed by hidden camera footage (that the Dad could have had installed w/o her knowing) or something....JS
Welp, all in all, it was a dud remake, and all of the adults in the film were a joke, so BOO. HISS. throw them ALL away!
Don't waste your time, watch the original and see what REALLY should happen to future serial killers like her.
Right from the beginning you can see that Emma/Rhoda is in control of her weak-minded widowed father. Hr caters to her every whim, and turns a blind eye to her blatant faults. When she starts killing (beginning with the cat, then moving on to her classmate, the headmistress, then her nanny) I was expecting the Dad to get a clue? Like IMMEDIATELY. Especially when he is TOLD by the headmistress that his precious Emma was with the dead boy right before he died? And what about when he finds out that she has that dead kid's medal after all? After she told him and the kid's parent's that she was NOT with him? And her Dad saw that the hornet's nest was missing after being told that the headmistress DIED FROM ONE IN HER CAR??????? Really? Then he thinks he can just go lay down and catch a couple of winks , LOLOLOL!!!!! JUST. DUMB.
Oh, and don't get me started on the "Nanny", okayyyy??? I mean, how she gon' let that 9-yr old psycho get the drop on her like that when she KNEW WHO/WHAT she was dealing with, as well as what she (Emma) was capable of....Unbelievable....And of course she (Emma) gets away with being a Murderous Mega Brat, instead of being exposed by hidden camera footage (that the Dad could have had installed w/o her knowing) or something....JS
Welp, all in all, it was a dud remake, and all of the adults in the film were a joke, so BOO. HISS. throw them ALL away!
Don't waste your time, watch the original and see what REALLY should happen to future serial killers like her.