Purple People Eater

Purple People Eater (1988)

The one-eyed... one horn... flying...

A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.

Date of release
1988-12-01
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Director
Linda Shayne

Casting

Interesting facts

Purple People Eater is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film based on Sheb Wooley's 1958 novelty song of the same name, written and directed by Linda Shayne, and starring Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Dustin Diamond, Peggy Lipton, and Thora Birch in her film debut. Chubby Checker and Little Richard made musical guest appearances. The film was released on December 16, 1988.

Production

Linda Shayne first got the idea of doing a film adaptation of Sheb Wooley's 1958 novelty song The Purple People Eater while working with Jim Wynorski on Screwballs with Wynorski remarking the song would make a good movie. While Shayne was able to secure the option for the song relatively easily from Wooley, acquiring financing took several years.

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