Seeds of evil are transmitted and spread in the blood of parents and grandchildren. Rhoda, a questionable child surrounded by mystery, moves with her mother to a new home and succeeds in winning the friendships of all her neighbors. The mother notices the strange disasters that cling to her daughter wherever she goes, and considers them mere coincidences. But it never occurred to her that Her daughter's terrifying behavior is the result of a malicious seed of evil that sprouted inside her and revealed to her a terrible secret