Film

House Party

1990 · 1h 44m · Comedy

If they get caught, it's all over. If they don't, it's just the beginning!

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Metacritic

76

Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at school have decided to give him a lesson in behavior.

Christopher Reid

Kid

Christopher Martin

Play

Paul Anthony

Stab

Bowlegged Lou

Pee-Wee

B-Fine

Zilla

Tisha Campbell

Sidney

A.J. Johnson

Sharane

Martin Lawrence

Bilal

John Witherspoon

Mr. Strickland

Barry Diamond

Cop #1

Mike Pniewski

Cop #2

George Clinton

D.J.

Kelly Jo Minter

LaDonna

Robin Harris

Pop

Edith Fields

Principal

Clifton Powell

Sharane's Brother

• Reginald HudlinWriter · Director
• Warrington HudlinProducer
• Gerald T. OlsonExecutive Producer
• Peter DemingDirector of Photography
• Marcus MillerOriginal Music Composer
• Lenny WhiteOriginal Music Composer
• Earl WatsonEditor
• Eileen Mack KnightCasting

House Party (1990) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

Release date

January 20, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Budget

$2,500,000

Revenue

$26,385,628

Genres

Comedy

• 

  Love, Simon

  2018

• 

  Stuck

  2007

• 

  Malaventura

  2015

• 

  108 Stitches

  2014

• 

  True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet

  2008

• 

  Alabang Girls

  1992

• 

  The Best Summer of Our Lives

  2020

• 

  Mentalese Express

  2024

• 

  I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

  1968

• 

  SAY CHEESE!

  2025

• 

  Closeted

  2019

• 

  Chihayafuru: Part III

  2018