Parents (1988)

19881h 20mdir. Bob BalabanEnglish subtitlesUnited Statescomedy horror

With Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Bryan Madorsky, Deborah Rush, Wayne Robson

Directed by Bob Balaban

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Parents is a 1988 American horror film directed by Bob Balaban in his directorial debut, and starring Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, and Bryan Madorsky. A satire on mid-century American suburban life and dysfunctional families, the film centers on a 10-year old boy in 1950s California who suspects that his parents are secretly cannibalistic serial killers.

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