Parents
1989 · Movie · R · 82 min · ★ 5.9 · 60% critics
In 1950s suburbia, a young boy can’t shake unsettling dreams and a growing unease about his seemingly perfect parents. As he tries to explain his fears to a new friend and the school social worker, he suspects there’s something far darker behind everyday family routines.
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-01-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 60/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (193 votes)
About
If you like off-kilter horror-comedies such as The People Under the Stairs or Motel Hell, you may enjoy Parents’ unnerving suburban vibe and creeping dread; Not for you if you want a straightforward, consistently funny horror story.
Pros: unsettling 1950s tone; darkly weird humor; strong lead performances | Cons: discomforting content; some pacing drag; laughs can miss
Themes
- dark comedy
- cannibal
- parents
Cast & crew
Randy Quaid
as Nick Laemle
Mary Beth Hurt
as Lily Laemle
Sandy Dennis
as Millie Dew
- BM
Bryan Madorsky
as Michael Laemle
- JM
Juno Mills-Cockell
as Sheila Zellner
Kathryn Grody
as Miss Judith Baxter
Deborah Rush
as Mrs. Gladys Zellner
Graham Jarvis
as Mr. Marty Zellner
- HC
Helen Carscallen
as Grandmother
- WE
Warren Van Evera
as Grandfather
Directed by Bob Balaban