Bad Ronald (1974)
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57% of users liked it
(711 ratings)
"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… More "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, repeatedly rapes and ultimately kills two women. The video version of Bad Ronald is heavily laundered, but no less terrifying. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Buzz Kulik
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 23, 1974 Wide
- Studio
- ABC
Critic Reviews
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John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
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.
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Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views
Although it's hampered by rushed pacing and some plot contrivances, Bad Ronald isn't actually that bad.
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Cast
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Scott Jacoby
as Ronald Wilby
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Pippa Scott
as Mrs. Wood
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John Larch
as Sgt. Lynch
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Dabney Coleman
as Mr. Wood
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Kim Hunter
as Elaine Wilby
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John Fiedler
as Mr. Roscoe
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Linda Watkins
as Mrs. Schumacher
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Cindy Fisher
as Babs Wood
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Cindy Eilbacher
as Althea Wood
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Lisa Eilbacher
as Ellen Wood
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Ted Eccles
as Duane Mathews
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Lesley Woods
as Aunt Margaret
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Aneta Corsaut
as Mrs. Mathews
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Linda Purl
as Laurie Mathews
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Angela Hoffman
as Carol Mathews
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Roger Aaron Brown
as Sgt. Carter
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Karen Purcil
as Wanda
