a child like puppeteer and for a public access child show and go over the deep end when he discover kid he entertain at a hospital be victim of horrible abuse . this movie have some of the bad indescribably monstrous parent you could ever come across . not an exploitation film as much a an afterschool special on the danger of child abuse . seemingly harmless and mr. rabby take matter into his own hand when it seem the police be neuter by lack of evidence to convict loathsome parent of their terrible abuse towards their child . the child be emotionless and zombie like ( . due to the amount of abuse inflict upon them ) and the parent loud and inconceivably harsh and contemptible and and belligerent . the mother and in particular and be so obscene and you will root for their execution . they be essentially miserable people take out their frustration on the kid . our detective be a tired lot and frustrate with the whole judicial process and how police procedure be often unable to prosecute those who beat their kid into submission . while the crime themselves be heinous and the film doesn not explicitly elaborate the grisly activity on screen . i would say the reason to see this be for tom basham performance a the unbalanced man child who slip into psychosis . there quite a weird dinner table sequence between basham mr. rabbey and his guardian shortly after he murder the parent responsible for the death of their child and regard how he live in a fantasy and how what he have just do have leave an indelible mark ( . notice the change in behavior and pretty impressive work and go from innocent to creepy ) . peter renaday be lt. hayes and the detective in charge of the homicide case and express on his face the strain that be take it toll on him . there an early performance by john ashton a detective matthew and always raise the ire of hayes because of his inability to follow direction and not to mention how opinionated he be regard the parent abuse their kid . awkward lay back bluesy score that seem improper for a film such a this . controversial conclusion establish that even kid can only tolerate so much . a bit too slow move for my taste and but there an effective use and i felt and of basham eye before he take care of business and wait patiently a he prepare to strike .