Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.
- dark comedy
- cannibal
- parents
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Juno Mills-Cockell — Sheila Zellner
- Kathryn Grody — Miss Judith Baxter
- Deborah Rush — Mrs. Gladys Zellner
- Graham Jarvis — Mr. Marty Zellner
- Helen Carscallen — Grandmother
- Warren Van Evera — Grandfather
- Wayne Robson — Lab Attendant
- Uriel Byfield — Little boy
- Mariah Balaban — Little girl
- Larry Palef — Announcer
- Directed
- Bob Balaban
- Written
- Christopher Hawthorne
Production
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 195 ratings
- Studio
- Vestron Pictures, Great American Films Limited Partnership
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
