Parents
Dir: Bob Balaban
Star: Bryan Madorsky,
Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis
[2] The director claims it's not a horror
story - I beg to differ. It IS relatively restrained; it's plot
about a boy who comes to believe his parents are cannibals can
hardly be described as romantic comedy though. Deviation behind a
facade of normality is the theme and the performances from Quaid and Hurt
as the parents bring this out, with a lot
of black humour. Even if the climax owes more than a little to
'Halloween' and other unkillable killer flicks, it is still one of
the most original & enjoyable horror films so far this year.
