Relative Fear

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| name = Relative Fear

| image =Relative Fear.jpg

| caption =VHS cover

| director = George Mihalka

| producer = {{Plainlist|

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| writer = Kurt Wimmer

| starring = {{Plainlist|

Matthew Dupuis
Darlanne Fluegel
James Brolin
Martin Neufeld
Bruce Dinsmore

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| music = Marty Simon

| cinematography = Rodney Gibbons

| editing = Ion Webster

| distributor = {{Plainlist|

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| released = {{Film date|1994}}

| runtime = 90-94 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

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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"{{cite book|author=Murray, Stuart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkSIEzPYQM4C&q=Relative+Fear+autistic+child&pg=PT145|title=Representing Autism: Culture, Narrative, Fascination|publisher=Liverpool University Press|date=2008|page=127|isbn = 9781846310911}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0110965}}
{{Rotten Tomatoes|relative_fear}}

Category:1994 films

Category:1994 independent films

Category:1994 psychological thriller films

Category:1990s psychological horror films

Category:Canadian independent films

Category:Canadian psychological thriller films

Category:Canadian psychological horror films

Category:English-language Canadian films

Category:Films about autism

Category:1990s English-language films

Category:Films directed by George Mihalka

Category:1990s Canadian films

Category:English-language independent films

Category:English-language thriller films