Relative Fear
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.
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| Directed by | George Mihalka |
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| Written by | Kurt Wimmer |
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| Music by | Marty Simon |
| Cinematography | Rodney Gibbons |
| Edited by | Ion Webster |
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Running time | 90-94 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
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]
gollark: You can't stick two human rights in a particle collider and measure the moral particles produced, or something.
gollark: We just think they're a good idea. There's nothing encoded in the universe which says "yes here you go, this is Good™ and this is Bad™".
gollark: Nope!
gollark: Human rights are totally subjective.
gollark: As a foolish human, you are not objective, and you're not immune to the is/ought problem.
References
- Murray, Stuart (2008). "Representing Autism: Culture, Narrative, Fascination". Liverpool University Press. p. 127.
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