by Flack » Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:15 pm
Michael Laemle is a ten-year-old boy with some issues. Despite his parents' squeaky clean appearance, Michael is convinced they're up to no good, especially when they attempt to force feed him each night at the dinner table. Michael has developed a fear of the dark, and is plagued by horrible nightmares. Things are worse at school; Michael has trouble following his teacher's instructions, and has appeared on the counselor's radar for his disturbing drawings in class.
For much of the film's brief (81 minute) runtime, it isn't clear whether Michael is imagining things, or if his parents are really awful people. (And by awful people, I mean murderers and cannibals.) By the third act when people start getting stabbed, you'll discover the truth.
Somewhere between a horror film and a black comedy,
Parents had a budget of $3 million and made less than a third of that at the box office. Starring Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt as Michael's parents.
Michael Laemle is a ten-year-old boy with some issues. Despite his parents' squeaky clean appearance, Michael is convinced they're up to no good, especially when they attempt to force feed him each night at the dinner table. Michael has developed a fear of the dark, and is plagued by horrible nightmares. Things are worse at school; Michael has trouble following his teacher's instructions, and has appeared on the counselor's radar for his disturbing drawings in class.
For much of the film's brief (81 minute) runtime, it isn't clear whether Michael is imagining things, or if his parents are really awful people. (And by awful people, I mean murderers and cannibals.) By the third act when people start getting stabbed, you'll discover the truth.
Somewhere between a horror film and a black comedy, [i]Parents[/i] had a budget of $3 million and made less than a third of that at the box office. Starring Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt as Michael's parents.
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