Parents

1989

Action / Comedy / Horror / Mystery

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 54% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 9323 9.3K

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Plot summary

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 outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.

Director

Bob Balaban Photo
Bob Balaban

Top cast

Randy Quaid Photo
Randy Quaid as Nick Laemle
Wayne Robson Photo
Wayne Robson as Lab Attendant
Sandy Dennis Photo
Sandy Dennis as Millie Dew
Mary Beth Hurt Photo
Mary Beth Hurt as Lily Laemle
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
753.31 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 1
1.36 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gridoon 6 / 10

Not completely satisfying.

Interesting movie, but far from a total success. The director uses his camera cleverly and executes some fine visual tricks, but they don't lead anywhere, because the film has such an "one-joke" premise and a repetitive script. Great music score, astonishingly mature work by the boy who plays the central character, a few scares at the end, but the movie still rings hollow, and gets no more than a 6/10 from me.
Reviewed by jakubjarzyna 6 / 10

A horrifying but interesting movie

This was a very creepy & uneasy to watch movie. The ending could've been better.
Reviewed by illyriashade56 6 / 10

A Surreal Experience That's Not For Everyone

I had never heard of this movie before, and it looked like it had the same sort of weird zany surrealism as Society, which I massively enjoyed. What I was not expecting was how much darker in tone this film was going to be, and how massively uncomfortable it can be at times with some of the thematic undertones.It taps into the inherent surreal nature of 1950's idyllic suburbia and builds wonderfully off of that horror, as well as delving into the true horror of being stuck in the same house as people who might want to hurt you. While there was a lot that just didn't hit and some spots where I felt the movie lacked, overall I found the movie to be interesting and kind of fun.This movie is definitely not for everyone and is bound to disappoint quite a few horror fans, but for those that like surrealism in the vein of Society, this is definitely worth the watch. It's a solid movie and even if it's not the best out there, it has some merit as a film and some solid thematic undertones.
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