VampiricButterfly | Points

Oh, it was that one then. 🙂

And the addition of guns, which don't really feature in Harry Potter.

Are you certain it was a movie and not an episode series? I know there was an X-Files episode that was very similar to what you're describing.

If it helps at all, the scene impressed on my mind was the kid looking through dressers and finding that all his mother's clothes and personal things had been taken, and I think he finds a note in his...

Wow! I had almost convinced myself this movie was a figment of my imagination. I'm glad someone else remembers it.

Are you sure it's the mother that wanted to arrange this, or another sort of caregiver/authority figure? That could change the direction that people are looking for your answer.

I'm pretty sure this was a movie, or made-for-TV movie, my guess is late 80's to early-mid 90's (but I could be off). I don't remember most of the film, but one scene in my mind stands out: a young boy...