Bad Ronald

1974

Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller

19
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 2792 2.8K

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Plot summary

When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.

Director

Buzz Kulik Photo
Buzz Kulik

Top cast

Roger Aaron Brown Photo
Roger Aaron Brown as Sergeant Carter
Lesley Woods Photo
Lesley Woods as Aunt Margaret
Dabney Coleman Photo
Dabney Coleman as Mr. Wood
Pippa Scott Photo
Pippa Scott as Mrs. Wood
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616.32 MB
956*720
English 2.0
Unrated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 14 min
Seeds ...
1.17 GB
1424*1072
English 2.0
Unrated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 14 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by OzDrDj 6 / 10

Bad Ronald really fraked me out when I

Bad Ronald really fraked me out when I was a young lad in the 70's. Compared to today's films, it certainly shows its age, but what it lacks in special effects (and picture quality if you can even find a good copy), Bad Ronald makes up for it in mood, tension, and imagination. Bad Ronald isn't the greatest piece of cinematic history, but if you were around when it first aired, you would certainly remember it.
Reviewed by Coventry 7 / 10

Bad Bad Bad Bad Boy!

"Bad Ronald" enjoys quite an impressive cult reputation, despite "only" being a low-budgeted and made-for-TV film from the early 70's, so I simply had to check it out to see what all the fuzz is about. I can't deny "Bad Ronald" has something irresistibly special! The atmosphere is thoroughly unsettling and Scott Jacoby portrays a strangely menacing Ronald. There are no special effects or bloody massacres in this film, yet it's an engaging little thriller with a fairly original premise. Ronald is a geeky and slightly peculiar teenager who lives with his dominant and overly protective mother. He's obsessed with his personally created comic book universe, yet his mother insists on becoming a prominent doctor. When Ronald accidentally murders a young girl after she mocked him one too many times, his mother sees no other solution than to construct an extra lair in their house and hide him from the cops. Then when mommy doesn't return from the hospital one day after a routine operation, Ronald remains hidden in the house and new tenants move in. Slowly going insane from loneliness and paranoia, Ronald mistakes the new tenants' daughter for his comic book heroine. The script is a little too far-fetched to be plausible and it definitely contains too many improbabilities, like the bizarrely noisy neighbor Mrs. Shumacher, for example, and the fatal gal blather operation. But at least it's never boring or exaggeratedly ridiculous, so I'm certainly not complaining. Ronald's parental house provides the film with a uniquely sinister setting, complete with hideous wallpaper & furniture, peepholes and secret cupboard passageways. Especially considering it's a TV-production, "Bad Ronald" is well photographed, suspenseful and it approaches several themes that are appealing to fans of grim 70's exploitation. Recommended!
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