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27 January 1989 (USA) moreTagline:
There's A New Name For Terror...Plot:
A young boy living in 1950s suburbia begins to wonder where his parents get their meat from... full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
A truly astounding, horrifying movie moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Randy Quaid | ... | Nick Laemle |
 | Mary Beth Hurt | ... | Lily Laemle |
| Sandy Dennis | ... | Millie Dew |
| Bryan Madorsky | ... | Michael Laemle |
| Juno Mills Cockell | ... | Sheila Zellner (as Juno Mills-Cockell) |
| Kathryn Grody | ... | Miss Baxter |
| Deborah Rush | ... | Mrs. Gladys Zellner |
| Graham Jarvis | ... | Mr. Zellner |
| Helen Carscallen | ... | Grandmother |
| Warren Van Evera | ... | Grandfather |
| Wayne Robson | ... | Lab Attendant |
| Uriel Byfield | ... | Little Boy |
| Mariah Balaban | ... | Little Girl |
| Larry Palef | ... | Announcer |
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Germany:16 | Canada:R | Canada:R (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #29224) | Australia:M | UK:18Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFun Stuff
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The film's appropriately bizarre title for its Germany release was 'Daddy ist ein Kannibale', or 'Daddy is a Cannibal!' moreSoundtrack:
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If asked which movie has been the most uncomfortable watch for me, it has to be this one. Bob Balaban has put together a film that encompasses all those dark feelings about our parents. With a beautiful performance from Randy Quaid as the strangest father in the world, it is from the dark place where all great black comedies come from. His dizzying combination of gruesome and mundane is incredibly well crafted, not falling into either one but dancing back and forth between them. I HIGHLY recommend this movie. Strange it comes from the man who played the chummy cartographer in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.