Top billed cast

1. 

   Tom Hanks

   Ray Peterson

2. 

   Bruce Dern

   Lt. Mark Rumsfield

3. 

   Carrie Fisher

   Carol Peterson

4. 

   Rick Ducommun

   Art Weingartner

5. 

   Wendy Schaal

   Bonnie Rumsfield

6. 

   Corey Feldman

   Ricky Butler

7. 

   Courtney Gains

   Hans Klopek

8. 

   Henry Gibson

   Dr. Werner Klopek

9. 

   Gale Gordon

   Walter Seznick

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Reviews

A review by kevin2019

Written by kevin2019 on 2025-08-01

"The 'burbs" develops in the most outrageously crazy ways imaginable as three overly curious neighbours band together and pool their limited resources to investigate their mysterious new neighbours and they inadvertently wreck all manner of assorted havoc upon their neighbourhood in the process. This film has been superbly directed by Joe Dante and he uses both visual comedy along with some gothic visuals to establish a genuine sense of macabre menace. He is invaluably aided throughout by the exemplary work of composer Jerry Goldsmith. He effortlessly manages to create all the various mood cha...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$18,000,000.00

Revenue
$49,101,993.00

Keywords

• garbage
• psychopath
• paranoia
• dark comedy
• vacation
• suburbia
• neighbor
• serial killer
• slasher
• chainsaw
• murderer
• old dark house
• pig mask
• new neighbor
• axe murder
• dream sequence
• psycho
• neighborhood
• madman
• lunatic
• absurd
• amused