Relative Fear
# 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.

## 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"

