Characters & Themes
Squeal of Death (1985) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1985 · 16 mins · English
- Starring
- Alex Winter, Tom Stern, James Cook, John Henson, Brenda Slaughter
In this wildly absurd, slap‑stick comedy that feels like a cartoon, scrawny teen Howie is constantly pushed around by his lazy dad and the bully‑filled world around him. A film‑buff, he becomes fixated on a classic gangster movie, which seems to drive him toward a life of crime—though the film leaves it unclear whether he ever truly steps over that line.
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