Aug 19, 2026 · 48 min · 15 segments
Parents (1989) is a bizarre psychological horror comedy starring Randy Quaid as the seemingly perfect suburban father hiding a very disturbing secret. When young Michael begins to suspect that his…
Let's see, what's IMDb say? A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects that his parents are cannibalistic murderers.
That is fairly accurate.
Pretty good.
You kind of sort of don't get that for a while, though.
It's a slow burn.
It is very slow.
You
know
something's
wrong.
You
think something's wrong with the
kid for almost the whole movie.
Yeah.
I mean, you're watching it, so you kind of already know that there's the parents.
Well, not really.
I mean, because I went through probably three quarters of the movie going, is this kid an unreliable narrator? Is this all in his head? Is he doing this? I mean, I was like going back and
forth.
He's not a
He always calls the kids soldier.
Well, it's the 1950s.
Let's see, what's IMDb say? A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects that his parents are cannibalistic murderers.
That is fairly accurate.
Pretty good.
You kind of sort of don't get that for a while, though.
It's a slow burn.
It is very slow.
You
know
something's
wrong.
You
think something's wrong with the
kid for almost the whole movie.
Yeah.
I mean, you're watching it, so you kind of already know that there's the parents.
Well, not really.
I mean, because I went through probably three quarters of the movie going, is this kid an unreliable narrator? Is this all in his head? Is he doing this? I mean, I was like going back and
forth.
He's not a
He always calls the kids soldier.
Well, it's the 1950s.
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