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"