This was Geraldine Fitzgerald's final acting role before her death on July 17, 2005 at the age of 91.
Bump in the Night (1991) is based on the 1988 suspense novel by Isabelle Holland called "Bump in the Night" (Doubleday, 1988).
Reception for Bump in the Night (1991) was mixed to positive, with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette stating that the second half of the movie "takes away" from the kidnapping in the first part of the film, but "as made-for-TV movies go, Bump in the Night stumbles infrequently." The Los Angeles Times praised the movie's secondary casting and pacing.