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"
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