---
title: 'Parents (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bob Balaban'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/parents-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098068/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Parents (1988)

1988 · 80 min · United States


## Synopsis

Parents is a 1988 American horror film directed by Bob Balaban in his directorial debut, and starring Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, and Bryan Madorsky. A satire on mid-century American suburban life and dysfunctional families, the film centers on a 10-year old boy in 1950s California who suspects that his parents are secretly cannibalistic serial killers.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bob Balaban](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-balaban)
- **Screenplay:** [Christopher Hawthorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-hawthorne)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jonathan Elias](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-elias)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-day)
- **Editor:** [Bill Pankow](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pankow)

## Cast

- [Sandy Dennis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandy-dennis)
- [Wayne Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wayne-robson)
- [Mary Beth Hurt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-beth-hurt)
- [Bryan Madorsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-madorsky)
- [Deborah Rush](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-rush)
- [Randy Quaid](https://cinepixo.com/people/randy-quaid)

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