Relative Fear

1994 Canadian thriller film
  • Tom Berry
  • Stefan Wodoslawsky
  • Franco Battista (co-producer)
  • William Webb (executive producer)
Starring
  • Matthew Dupuis
  • Darlanne Fluegel
  • James Brolin
  • Martin Neufeld
  • Bruce Dinsmore
CinematographyRodney GibbonsEdited byIon WebsterMusic byMarty SimonDistributed by
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
90-94 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

Relative Fear (also known as The Child and Le silence d'Adam) is a 1994 Canadian independent psychological horror film that references the 1956 film The Bad Seed. An autistic child is seemingly born to kill and does so.

Cast

  • Matthew Dupuis as Adam Pratman (Adam Madison)
  • Darlanne Fluegel as Linda Pratman
  • James Brolin as Det. Atwater
  • Martin Neufeld as Peter Pratman
  • Bruce Dinsmore as Clive (Gary Madison)
  • M. Emmet Walsh as Earl Ladelle
  • Michael Caloz as Manny Dorff
  • Denise Crosby as Connie Madison
  • Linda Sorenson as Margaret Ladelle
  • Jason Blicker as Dennison
  • Vlasta Vrána as Mr. Schulman
  • Liz MacRae as Ms. Roark
  • Gisèle Rousseau as Dr. Hoyer
  • Jenny Campbell as Paige
  • Frank Schorpion as Dr. Shane
  • Alan West as Henry Pratman
  • Victoria Barkoff as Ms. Smith
  • Tyrone Benskin as Cop
  • Roger E. Reid as Police Officer

Reception

In the book Representing Autism: Culture, Narrative, Fascination, Stuart Murray describes the film as "the worst kind of example of the prosthetic narrative, where the idea of disability simply becomes part of a genetic method". He states that there is "little recognizably autistic in anything Adam does"[1]

References

  1. ^ Murray, Stuart (2008). Representing Autism: Culture, Narrative, Fascination. Liverpool University Press. p. 127. ISBN 9781846310911.

External links

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