--- title: 'Purple People Eater (1988)' type: 'film' director: 'Linda Shayne' released: '1988-01-01' runtime_minutes: 90 genres: - 'Family' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/purple-people-eater-1988' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095930/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Purple People Eater (1988) 1988 · 90 min · Family · United States ## Synopsis Purple People Eater is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film based on Sheb Wooley's 1958 novelty song of the same name, written and directed by Linda Shayne, and starring Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Dustin Diamond, Peggy Lipton, and Thora Birch in her film debut. Chubby Checker and Little Richard made musical guest appearances. The film was released on December 16, 1988. ## Credits - **Director:** [Linda Shayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-shayne) - **Screenplay:** [Linda Shayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-shayne) - **Original Music Composer:** [Dennis Dreith](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-dreith) - **Producer:** [Brad Krevoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-krevoy) - **Director of Photography:** [Peter Deming](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-deming) ## Cast - [Shelley Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelley-winters) - [Lindsay Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsay-price) - [Peggy Lipton](https://cinepixo.com/people/peggy-lipton) - [Jim Houghton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-houghton) - [Sheb Wooley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheb-wooley) - [Kimberly McCullough](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimberly-mccullough) - [Molly Cheek](https://cinepixo.com/people/molly-cheek) - [Nikki Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikki-cox) - [Dustin Diamond](https://cinepixo.com/people/dustin-diamond) - [Thora Birch](https://cinepixo.com/people/thora-birch) - [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://cinepixo.com/people/kareem-abdul-jabbar) - [Ned Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-beatty) - [Linda Shayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-shayne) - [Neil Patrick Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-patrick-harris) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/purple-people-eater-1988 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3410974); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.