Meet the Hollowheads (1989)

Directed by

Thomas R. Burman

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family lives in a weird future where their household gadgets are living tentacled creatures. The movie makes fun of old 1950s sitcoms by showing their silly and dark side.

wackyabsurdsatiricalquirkyretro-futuristicoffbeatcampy

What happens

Meet the Hollowheads, also known as Life on the Edge, is a 1989 science fiction black comedy film directed by special-effects makeup artist Thomas R. Burman and written by Burman and Lisa Morton. It stars Juliette Lewis, John Glover, Richard Portnow, and Joshua John Miller. The film is a black comedy and satire of 1950s sitcoms set in a dystopic future populated by bizarre, tentacled creatures which function dually as household appliances and food. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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