The film which features Catherine O'Hara and John Heard as Kevin's parents, includes a character that mimics what meta-film?
Ralph Foody Ralph Wesley Foody (November 13, 1928 – November 21, 1999) was a character actor. He has several screen credits from the 1980s, but is probably best known for his bit part in "Home Alone" and its as stereotypical 1930s mobster "Johnny" in its meta-film "Angels with Filthy Souls" and its sequel "" (both are a parody of "Angels with Dirty Faces"), "Cragie" the alcoholic and negligent Chicago cop in "Code of Silence", as well as the police dispatcher in "The Blues Brothers". He died of cancer in 1999.
They Live They Live is a 1988 American satirical science fiction action horror film written and directed by John Carpenter. The film stars Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster. It follows an unnamed drifter (referred to as "John Nada" in the film's credits) who discovers that the ruling class are in fact aliens concealing their appearance and manipulating people to spend money, breed, and accept the status quo with subliminal messages in mass media. "They Live" is based on the 1963 short story, "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson.