I get that vibe, too - though Veruca was a fictional exaggeration of a spoiled rotten adolescent, not a real-life brainwashed simpleton.
Veruca Salt is a spoiled brat whose father gives her whatever she wants. Nobody else listens to her. This girl reminds me of Anthony from “The Twilight Zone” or one of the Children of the Corn. Everyone has to do what they say or else. Pure evil.