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Parents is a 1989 American black comedy horror film directed by Bob Balaban and written by Christopher Hawthorne. It stars Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis and Bryan Madorsky.
Ten-year-old Michael Laemle has moved with his parents Nick and Lily from Massachusetts to a new neighborhood in 1954 suburbia. As Michael is very socially awkward and also has an overly active imagination, he has trouble making friends at school. He is also prone to extremely weird dreams, such as dreaming that he has jumped into bed- only for it to collapse into a pool of blood.
Emotionally distraught from the move and the dreams, Michael is traumatized by accidentally viewing his parents having sex (he believes that he is seeing them biting into one another) and by viewing his father cutting into a corpse in the Division of Human Testing at Toxico, where Nick is developing a chemical defoliant (like Agent Orange) for use in jungles. As time progresses, Michael begins to suspect that his parents are cannibals, after he discovers (or dreams that he discovers) body parts hanging on a meat hook in the basement. Michael is convinced that what he has seen is true, much to the chagrin of his school guidance counselor Millie Dew. One afternoon Millie goes home with Michael in order to convince him that he is imagining everything, only for the two of them to find a corpse in the basement. Michael runs up to his room while Millie, hiding in the pantry, is found and killed.
The trailer for Bob Balaban's directorial debut, where a boy discovers his parents' idyllic 1950s suburban lifestyle may be hiding a dark secret - namely, what is in the "leftovers" they eat every night? Or rather, who? Stars Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt and Sandy Dennis. Not featured on the DVD available from Lionsgate.
Siskel & Ebert review the 1989 independent horror-comedy Parents, starring Randy Quaid (National Lampoon's Vacation) and Mary Beth Hurt.
A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects his parents are cannibalistic murderers.
In this video I unbox and show the menu screens to the newest Vestron Video releases. Parents and Lair of the White Worm released on January 31st 2017.
Dagens skrekkfilmtips fra Filmjunkiene! "Parents" (1989) Regi: Bob Balaban Med: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Bryan Madorsky
I try to bring some kind of enthusiasm to my reviews now, but sometimes movies don't give me anything to be enthusiastic about. This was incredibly dull and was not worth the $2 I spent renting it from Youtube. Go out and rent the People Under the Stairs instead. Watch it with some friends and have a good time. Rating: 2/5 0 being terrible and 5 being great. I will have some films going beyond 5 or below 0 (into the negative region) depending on how far the movie buries the needle. This should indicate if the movie is a must watch or must avoid.
parents, why won't they shut up? parent's they're so fucked up. they treat me like a fool they take me for a fool parents... they're so fucking dense they look into the past for future reference parents... they don't even know i'm a boy just treat me like a toy but little do they know one day i'll explode! parents...