Bad Ronald

Bad Ronald is a television film that aired in 1974, starring Scott Jacoby, Kim Hunter, Dabney Coleman and sisters Lisa and Cindy Eilbacher. It is based on the book of the same title by Jack Vance.

Ronalds mother keeps paying attention to what neighbors particularly the nosy Mrs. Schumacher and others are saying about the young girls disappearance and tells Ronald that when its safe, he can return to a normal life. One afternoon, she is taken into a hospital for gallbladder surgery, from which she unexpectedly dies. In the meantime, Ronald has created a fantasy world in his own head consisting of a prince and a princess that live happily until a devil appears and a struggle begins.Shortly after Mrs. Wilbys death, the house is sold to the Wood family, consisting of a mother Pippa Scott, father Dabney Coleman and three teenage daughters Babs, Althea and Ellen. As Ronald needs food to eat, and begins to crave human interaction, sudden disappearances of food and odd noises are experienced by the new family. ........

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