Expert: 7devonapes - 12/20/2007

Question
Roughly 30 years ago my sister and I watched a t.v. movie about a family with a young/middle aged boy, that when playing with the neighborhood kids, pushed a little girl who died from the fall. The mother/family of the boy hid his whereabouts in a concealed bathroom in their own house for years. The mother passed away, the house was sold and a new family moved in with two young girls. The two girls were brushing each others hair on their beds and one of the girls saw something in the wall out the corner of her eye. As she moved closer to investigate, all she saw was an eye (obviously from the boy who lived in hiding in the house). We both remember the movie as being the absolute scariest thing we ever saw. I want to find this movie in the worst way!! Can you help??? Thanks!

Answer
Hi Deb,

Sorry about the slow reply - been busy is all.

The movie you are looking for it a tv movie from 1974 called "Bad Ronald". Here is a plot summary from imdb.com:

"Scott Jacoby, a nerdy high school youth, accidently kills a neighbor's young daughter. Panicking mother, Kim Hunter, fears the police will not believe that it was an accident. She moves her son into a bathroom that she turned into a secret hiding place. After her death, a new family moves in. In the mean time, Ronald has gotten lost in a fantasy world created in his own head from being hidden away for so long."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071186/

Here is the film's trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnlec1SuGTs

DVD copies are available from www.bestvideo.com/ and possibly on ebay, though I'm certain these any DVD of this movie will be only video transfer copies. VHS copies are available from Amazon.com, and ebay.

Best of luck,
Ryan