The Grand Illusion

Ten-year-old Michael Laemle (Bryan Madorsky) senses that something is not quite right with his family. Sure, his mother, Lily (Mary Beth Hurt), is the perfect 1950s housewife, and they have a comfortable life in the suburbs where his dad, Nick (Randy Quaid), works at a mortuary. But what's with the enormous cuts of meat that his father brings home every night? What, or whom, do they come from?

Part of our annual horror series All Monsters Attack!

“An underseen gem of childhood fear and suburban horror… Particularly eerie and bleakly funny… An unease and dread permeate the film…[with] an undercurrent of sadness and tragedy you might not expect at first glance. Highly recommended.” Tyler Eschberger, Bloody Disgusting

“Choosing a movie to take with me to a desert island, I would opt without a second’s hesitation for Parents over such relatively predictable Oscar-mongering exercises as Rain Man, The Accidental Tourist, or Dangerous Liaisons, because it’s a movie that kept me fascinated, guessing, and curious — even when it irritated me.” Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Chicago Reader