Nancy Kelly: Most Undeserved Oscar Nomination Ever

I totally agree that she couldn't act. I found myself wanting to turn the film off repeatedly because her performance in every single one of the scenes was not a natural way to move or to talk. The way she kept grabbing at her father and her daughter was really disturbing, too. The only thing I can say where I wasn't thinking she was just so unnatural was reading the book. But, even then, I didn't like her voice...but I could let that slide as I've known some people whose voice sounded like that. Hell, I don't like my voice, but I can't really change it. But they made a conscious effort to cast her in this role, which was not a secondary role or anything and I feel it ruined the entire film for me. I didn't mind the little girl, but I thought her staged dialogue was just too ridiculous, even for a methodical killer child. The only one I thought who did a great job was Henry Jones as the caretaker guy. I honesty don't see why this film has the hype that surrounds it. To me it was less enjoyable than a lot of B sci-fi ones of the same era.

I think she did a wonderful job!