Child of Rage
A priest and his wife adopt a brother and sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reason for this.
Why it matters
Child of Rage delivers a chilling exploration of trauma and childhood psychosis that still unsettles decades later.
- One of the earliest TV movies to tackle reactive attachment disorder with brutal honesty, predating many clinical portrayals in horror.
- Amy Joyce’s performance as the violently disturbed child is unnervingly convincing, blurring lines between innocence and menace.
- Rooted in real-life cases, it merges psychological horror with true-crime dread, making it more than a typical family thriller.
- For fans of slow-burn, character-driven horror that probes the darkness lurking beneath suburban facades.
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Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
71
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
28
Survival
0
