Relative Fear

Relative Fear/The Child (Canada: English title)/Silence d'Adam, Le (Canada: French title) Al límit de la por (Spain; Catalan title)/Pelon paikka(Finland)/Rejtélyes félelem (Hungary)/ Wiege des Terrors(Germany)/Petit ange, Le(France; video title)
220px Murder is in his blood/Fear has a new face
Directed by	George Mihalka
Produced by	Tom Berry/Stefan Wodoslawsky/Franco Battista(co-producer)/William Webb(executive producer)
Written by	Kurt Wimmer
Starring	James Brolin, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael Caloz, Darlanne Fluegel
Music by	Marty Simon
Cinematography	Rodney Gibbons
Editing by	Ion Webster
Distributed by	Norstar Entertainment Inc./West Wind Entertainment/Allegro Films/Republic Pictures Home Video
Release date(s)	1994
Running time	90-94 min
Country	Canada
Language	English

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. A child is seemingly born to kill, and so he does.

Tagline

• Fear has a new face
• Murder is in his blood
• Trusting your children can be deadly
• Adam is a five year old with a terrifying secret

Cast

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

See also

• Autism
• Silent Fall
• The Pit
• The Bad Seed
• Horror-of-personality
• Horror-of-demonic
• Supernatural horror
• Psychological Terror
• Psychological Drama
• Psychological Horror

External links

• Relative Fear at the Internet Movie Database