- Actors: Randy Quaid, Mark Wahlberg
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Lions Gate
- DVD Release Date: 24 Jan 2006
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B000C65YRQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 10,560 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Having to buy a twin-disc dvd just to get the one movie I've been after for ages: Parents directed by Bob Balaban (who was in Ken Russell's Altered States) A movie that is all sweetness and light on the surface but underneath the thin veneer of domestic bliss lies a very dark heart indeed. Michael (Brian Madorsky) is the troubled son of a delightfully sinister Randy Quaid and his cheerfully loopy wife, brilliantly played by Mary Beth Hurt, who enjoy regular barbecues - but what is it they are cooking? Michael suffers from recurring nightmares and seeks solace in the friendship of a schoolfriend and when the school counsellor tries to help him it has ghastly results!
A very creepy movie set in '50's small-town America, that deserves to be up there with modern horror classics. Very under-stated and a little gem waiting to be discovered. As to the other movie on the double-disc, Fear, not worth the price of admission or even a review. I disliked it first time round and had to get it as it was on the double disc offer. 1 star, if that.
A very creepy movie set in '50's small-town America, that deserves to be up there with modern horror classics. Very under-stated and a little gem waiting to be discovered. As to the other movie on the double-disc, Fear, not worth the price of admission or even a review. I disliked it first time round and had to get it as it was on the double disc offer. 1 star, if that.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Ignore the SPECS-They are both in WIDESCREEN!!!!
11 Jun 2006
I've been trying to get my hands on Parents on DVD for some time now and was very disapointed that the specs for this release state that they are presented in fullscreen. Someone didn't do their homework because I purchased it and they are WRONG. Both films are presented in Widescreen!!!!!!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
NOT in full-screen, YAY
19 July 2006
Just to chime in with the previous review--both movies are indeed widescreen, not full-screen. Even better, it's anamorphic widescreen (nice looking too.) Even the box states "Full-Screen Version, thankfully the specs are wrong. Much higher quality transfer than the original release of Parents a few years back.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Dark And Darker...
4 May 2008
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I bought this double feature for PARENTS, but thoroughly enjoyed FEAR as well. I love Ally Sheedy (Man's Best Friend) enough to watch her in just about anything! Her role as Cayce Bridges, well-known psychic and author, was a real treat. She has made a career out of using her mental powers to assist police departments in tracking down assailents and (hopefully) rescuing victims. The idea of a psychic helping the police catch criminals is nothing new, but having a serial killer use his own psychic abilities to torment Cayce is definitely different! The interaction between Cayce and the "Shadow Man" is tense and frightening, especially when he decides to go after Cayce for real, instead of just playing twisted games with her. No one is safe! PARENTS is a tremendously wicked, jet-black comedy set in 1950s suburbia. Randy Quaid (Independence Day) and Mary Beth Hurt are the Laemles. They move to a new town w/ their 10yo son, Michael. Dad works at TOXICO, where he works on chemical defoliating agents. Mom is a perfectly prim housewife, always working in the kitchen on new and exciting meat recipes. Michael has a hard time at home, due to his suspicions about dear mom and dad. What does dad REALLY do all day at work? What KIND of meat is mom preparing? Michael also has trouble at his new school, where he draws macabre pictures and says some very disturbing things to his teacher, Miss Baxter. This causes the chain-smoking, school social-worker (played wonderfully by Sandy Dennis) to get involved. The darkness and dread in PARENTS are perfectly in synch with the bleakest black humor I've seen since Dr. Strangelove! Bizarre, unsettling, and dreadfully funny, this movie is worth multiple viewings. I highly recommend this double bill... P.S.- Yep, both movies are in widescreen, even though the box says full screen! No complaints here...
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