A shy teenager accidentally kills a mocking peer's equally mocking younger sibling, and his mother helps him hide in a spare room in their house. Problems arise when the mother goes for an operation and dies, and the house is sold to a new family, with the teen still living inside.... (Full plot summary below)
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A shy teenager accidentally kills a mocking peer's equally mocking younger sibling, and his mother helps him hide in a spare room in their house. Problems arise when the mother goes for an operation and dies, and the house is sold to a new family, with the teen still living inside.
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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussOffers 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. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonThe '70s was a fertile breeding ground for ominous made-for-television movies that continue to stumble around in the minds of those who came of age during that decade. Bad Ronald is one such endeavor. |
| Movie ViewsRyan CracknellAlthough it's hampered by rushed pacing and some plot contrivances, Bad Ronald isn't actually that bad. |
| User ReviewSteve PA classic gem finally getting a Dvd release. So glad about it. What a hell of a movie. A scary, classic 70s movie much like Arthur Kennedy's Crawlspace. Thanks to Warner Premiere for releasing it on Dvd-r or I would have never found it. |
| User ReviewLuna xPoor, geeky, creepy Ronald. Blame it on D&D! |
| User ReviewDean HFINALLY this gets an authorized DVD release. |
| User ReviewAdam Ea pretty disturbing story for a TV film. One of the best 70s horror flicks of all time. A very dark and atmospheric thriller featuring demented child of all time. when of the more stronger of 70s TV films. |
| User ReviewJoseph Nthis movie, is proof that the people back in the 70's knew how to make damn good horror movies back in the day. there was nothing, about this movie i didn't like. the plot, the cast and the acting in general was good, the whole movie kept me interested, there wasn't a point the the movie where i got board and wanted to fast forward to another scene. everything about this movie was awesome i highly recommend everyone to watch it. one of the best horror movies I've seen in awhile by far. |
| User ReviewChris SOne of my favorite 70s TV flicks. A pretty dark, weird, and disturbing look at a shy and often deranged child living in the walls of his abandoned home. |
| User ReviewFreddie FSaying "Bad Ronald" is an obscure movie is an understatement. Saying it's excellent is an understatement as well, because this is a truly amazing film. It tells the story of a dorky teenager who lives with his loving mother. He has the hots for a girl, but she laughs in his face. A kid makes fun of him and his mom, so he pushes her to the ground, and she unfortunately dies. The rest of the movie is about Ronald's isolation as his mother hides him in the walls of their house to prevent him being caught and arrested. Oftentimes movies about insanity are overplayed and become cliched, but "Bad Ronald" makes it's protagonist real. We love him as an audience because we can relate to his struggle with adolescence and his painful reality where nobody loves him but his mother. As we see Ronald lose it more and more we feels sorry for him, because he never really did anything wrong in the first. The whole thing progresses alongside the metaphor of Ronald's self-imagined Narnia-esque fantasy which becomes more and more real for him. For a made for TV movie from the 70's "Bad Ronald" is above and beyond what would be expected. Even the music is great and during certain sequences it adds to an amazing atmosphere where the viewer feels tension and suspense build. The beauty of the film is in this suspense and, without ruining any plot details, in the way everything turns out, in an anti-climactic and bizarre manner. I've been wanting to see "Bad Ronald" for a while now, based on several recommendations and reviews that were as positive as the one I'm writing now. It's a difficult film to find, but if you get the chance to see it then don't turn it down. If nothing else "Bad Ronald" is unique and a strangely heartwarming and emotional movie. |
