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Bad Ronald (1974)

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Release Date: Dec 23, 1974 Wide

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"Bad" Ronald (Scott Jacoby) has been in hiding in a secret room ever since going off the deep end and killing a teenaged girl who'd made fun of him. Ronald's mother (Kim Hunter) helps her son to remain hidden, even when the house in which he is sequestered is rented by a family. As luck would have it, three of the family members are nubile young girls--perfect targets for the lonely, and looney, Ronald. In the original John Holbrook Vance novel on which this TV-movie is based, Ronald abducts,

Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.

Drama, Television, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Buzz Kulik

In Theaters: Dec 23, 1974 Wide

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Cast

Scott Jacoby
Ronald Wilby
Pippa Scott
Mrs. Wood
John Larch
Sgt. Lynch
Dabney Coleman
Mr. Wood
Kim Hunter
Elaine Wilby
John Fiedler
Mr. Roscoe
Linda Watkins
Mrs. Schumacher
Cindy Fisher
Babs Wood
Cindy Eilbacher
Althea Wood
Lisa Eilbacher
Ellen Wood
Ted Eccles
Duane Mathews
Lesley Woods
Aunt Margaret
Aneta Corsaut
Mrs. Mathews
Linda Purl
Laurie Mathews
Angela Hoffman
Carol Mathews
Roger Aaron Brown
Sgt. Carter
Karen Purcil
Wanda

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Offers a non-supernatural variation on the idea that something sinister haunts the conventional family home, lurking within the walls and behind the 'normal' furnishings -- and relationships.

September 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Although it's hampered by rushed pacing and some plot contrivances, Bad Ronald isn't actually that bad.

September 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Views

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Ryan Cracknell

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A made-for-TV movie about a creepy nerdy boy named Ronald "Scott Jacoby" who gets himself in over his head when he kills a little girl in the neighbourhood by accident, and is put into hiding by his grandmother in between the walls of his house. Well, Grandma passes away, but Ronald doesn't come out. A new family

July 7, 2007

Lafe Fredbjornson

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Like strange movies - then you'll this one. Saw this one 20 years ago and still remember it. I've had a bat, squirrel and mice living in my walls, but never a person. Good creepy fun.

January 11, 2012

Joe Riley

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