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.