Parents

Theatrical - Wide 1989-01-27

Cast Randy Quaid Sandy Dennis Bryan Madorsky Kathryn Grody Deborah Rush
Directed by Bob Balaban
Written by John Hamburg Jim Herzfeld

Box Office Gross: $870,532

Running Time: 82 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Vestron Pictures, Great American Films Limited Partnership

Genres: Comedy Horror

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Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home… except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill... See more outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school’s social worker.

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