title: Relative Fear
text: # 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"
  
  