When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.
Acting
Scott Jacoby's unsettling physicality—pure twitchy menace
Production
That claustrophobic hidden room set design
Direction
Kulik's restraint lets dread seep through wallpaper
Director
Buzz Kulik
Scott Jacoby
Ronald Wilby
Pippa Scott
Mrs. Wood
John Larch
Sgt. Lynch
Dabney Coleman
Mr. Wood
Kim Hunter
Elaine Wilby
John Fiedler
Mr. Roscoe
Linda Watkins
Mrs. Schumacher
Cindy Fisher
Babs Wood
Cindy Eilbacher
Althea Wood
Lisa Eilbacher
Ellen Wood
Ted Eccles
Duane Matthews
Roger Aaron Brown
Sergeant Carter
Aneta Corsaut
Mrs. Matthews
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This ABC Movie of the Week became a cult VHS staple, famously referenced in 'Better Call Saul' as Chuck's childhood trauma fuel.
Scott Jacoby won an Emmy for this role at 17, then mostly disappeared—Hollywood's classic 'too good at playing disturbed' curse.
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