Gary busey & the child Kurt christopher both give great performances.. Busey portrayed a nutter really TOO well.. it was like we're seeing the real him ( I've always thought he had a psycho presence) but here he suppose to be a victim of abuse himself but he's definitely no Empathy chip, he's intimidating by his sheer size amd bulk on his top half & thought his scenes with the boy were rough, frightened me.. the way Buseys face goes from smiles to twitching every second makes you feel nervous about his unpredictable thoughts even though the film is obviously very predictable.. the young boy I thought gave out a solid performance especially on the school fight scene re-enacting Buseys fight moves. Very realistic solid 10.. There not loads of blood and gore tends to cut away though the first to go is the dog which viewers won't like.. for a TV movie uts average but with good high end acting from the 2 leads I mentioned.. how Mimi didn't find this guy turning up at her house strange from the off I'll never know.
Review of Hider in the House
